<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div>The Dashing Bassets will be fed lots of drool-producing treats so Beth will slide into surgery and out of it again with no trouble--the mama has declared we must, and it is our pleasure to do so.</div><div> </div><div>Since the humans are very frail droolers, we have declared that they need to pray for Beth, too. (We think of prayer as the human version of drool--mama says we are thoroughgoing pagans!)</div><div> </div><div>May everything go smoothly for Beth, and may she soon be feeling a lot better.</div><div>All the Dashing Bassets</div><div>Lady Jane & Holly & Dexter (AKA C. Dexter Haven)</div><div>and Pam the food slave</div><div> </div></div></body></html>