Al frowned. No one should be mean to Alice. He thought people should always try not to be mean at all, but people should especially not be mean to Allie. He was about to say that, but she went on with her story so he decided to drop it. "He was nice to me too," Al informed her. "Uncle Neville, I mean. I hope it all works out. I talked to Frankie some. I think he is going to talk to your dad now." He flashed another smile. "I like listening to you talk so ramble on! Er, not that you ramble exactly, I just mean...keep talking. Yeah!"