"Morning," said the policeman.
"Oh. Hi," he said. "Cold, isn't it?"
"Yes, pretty chilly morning. You're up pretty early, aren't you?"
"No' I've been up all night."
"Yea? Well, I guess you fellows have to spend a lot of time with your books sometimes."
"No' I'm up every night."
"Really keep your nose to the grindstone, hey?"
"No, I study some of the time; you see, I'm a creature of the night."
"A what?"
"A night person; I live during the nights, and sleep during the days."
"Oh. I thought you went to college here. Boy, I get this night duty once every couple of weeks, and let me tell you it really ..."
"No, that's not it; I am a student; but I live the nights like other people do the days, and vice versa."
"Vice what."
"Vice versa. You see, I've found the answer: the dorms are amplifying systems during the day; you can't walk through a library without some hornrimmed creature goggling from between the pages of a mouldy scrapbook at you; and this Square is palsy in motion; this place makes my flesh crawl right off my bones during the day."
"Now I wouldn't say that; but so what if it does?"
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