"Sorry."
THAT DAMNED SHIFT KEY? THANK YOU. WHAT THE DEVIL IS THE MATTER?
"Why, this is The Mask Of The Red Death!"
OF COURSE IT IS. AND IT'S MASQUE, NOT MASK.
"Yes, yes. But it's still Poe."
I KNOW. WHAT'S WRONG WITH POE? OR FOR THAT MATTER HOW ABOUT SHAKESPEARE?
"Nothing. That is ... well, nothing. But ... well, they're...." I grinned weakly. "They've been done already, you know."
SO WHAT?
"I mean, they've been published already. All over. Famous."
WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES THAT MAKE?