"I'll wash the dishes when I come back next October." "Five months!" gasped Joanne, counting on her fingers.

"John Aldous, do you mean----" "I do," he nodded emphatically.

"I frequently leave dishes unwashed for quite a spell at a time.

That's the one unpleasant thing about this sort of life--washing dishes.

It's not so bad in the rainy season, but it's fierce during a dry spell.