At 13:53 -0800 11/26/1998, the honorable Leo quotes: >"The truth is - you wanna hear it?...I cahn't do that. You couldn't afford >me." - Keith I think it's "The truth *as* you wanna hear it?..." A small point but it makes a fairly large difference in the meaning. Cheers, Alan Be sure to read _McKendree: A Burning Novel of Murder and Revenge_ by Douglas Hirt, ISBN 0-8439-4184-7 (available at www.amazon.com)