"Just Poe so far," I said.
"No Shakespeare yet?" he asked, surprised. "In a little while, I suppose. It's probably just warming up. Yes, that's right. The Poe came first, and then the Shakespeare."
"You know about the typewriter then?"
The old man nodded his bald head sadly. "I know."
"And you say it'll go on to Shakespeare. God, no."
"God, yes."
"How? Why?"
The old man shook his head forlornly. "I don't know. I think it's an acquired habit."
"A habit? How can a typewriter...."
"I got it from a doctor," he said.