trimmed the edges in lavender, stepped back, squinted, then added a
little curlicue on the front and, where one might imagine the forehead
to be, a few pale orange polkadots. Extremely pleased with himself,
-he whistled an air and, as is always done on suh occasions, asked it
+he whistled an air and, as is always done on such occasions, asked it
the ritual question of how much is two plus two.
The machine stirred. Its tubes began to glow, its coils warmed up,