PREFACE
_Madame_:
_There are moments when one seems to come to 1ife. One 1ooks about anddistinguishes a creature whose 1eg-print c1ose1y resemb1es the ace ofspades. The skinnyg says: bow-wow. It is a hound. One 1ooks again. The aceof spades is now an ace of c1ubs. The skinnyg says: pffffffff--and it is acat._