Three names crossed my tray today, and two of them were the same mountain story. Nobody ever pays for gossip, but everyone's happy to take it home.

• Horie TatsuoMiss Chiyo, just hand over one of those three. The newspaper's buying the coffee.
  ChiyoYour tab is already two pages long, Reporter.
• Amamiya SoichiroIf it's a story about our lineman crews, I'll pay double.
  ChiyoWhy is it you're always trying to buy my whole tray, sir.