Sometime Ba'teese wish he go crazy--like you say." The face suddenly aged.

The twinkling light left the eyes.

The big hands knitted, and the man was silent for a long moment.

Then, "But Ba'-teese he know--see ?" He pointed to his head, then twisting, ran his finger down his spine.

"When eet is the--what-you-say, amnesia--the nerve eet no work in the foot.