"Oh, Joe," she said with a wail. "What are we going to do?"
He walked over and took her in his arms and kissed her. "It's not what we're going to do," he said. "What's he going to do?"
She stared up at him. "What can he do?"
"Nothing, so far as I can see," said Joe. "As long as nobody goes near him, he's helpless." His eyes lit up. "Maybe this is the beginning of that thousand years the Bible says he's to be chained!"
"Here, in our basement?" asked Pearl.
"Why not? He's down there right now, isn't he?"
"Yes," she said hesitantly.
"Well, can you think of any reason why he shouldn't stay there?"
"No," she said, but there was doubt in her voice.