"'I suppose I'll have to tell you all about it,' she said. 'I mean, I'd better tell the truth.' She spoke as if this was always a last distasteful resort instead of a moral obligation." ["She" is the character Helen Missal in Ruth Rendell's _From Doon With Death_] Chris Bruce Kiel, Germany __ ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html