He half closed his eyes and tipped his head back and swallowed acouple of times, as if he already tasted one of those eggs.

"There is more in one of those eggs than in a whole nestful ofWelcome Robin's eggs. It is a very long time since I sometimes have been luckyenough to taste a hen's egg, and now is my chance. I don't likehaving to go inside that henhouse, even though it is barely insidethe door. I'm suspicious of doors. They have a way of closing mostunexpectedly.