"macabre"

[Mark A. Mandel]

Jonathan observes:
    >>>>>

Quite true. And I've always thought there was something creepy about Mr.
Macawber too.
 <<<<<

M*i*cawber.

In Roger Zelazny's last (non-collaborative) novel, _A Night in the Lonesome
October_, there's a pair of characters named Morris and McCab. I've always
thought that the latter name was a pun on "macabre". Him, it would fit.

-- Mark
[This text prepared with Dragon NaturallySpeaking.]

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