Peter Lewis
speaker
1,888 appearances
3 recordings
1 series
first heard Jul 2026
last heard 3d ago
Peter Lewis’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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So, as the tolling of the monstrous foyer clock clanged out the twelfth hour again, and again, and again, rattling the frames...
I found myself leaning over the kitchen counter and positioned my neck at a decidedly awkward angle, the better to look up into the opening of the faucet.
By the time the crash and clamor of old grandfather echoed off into memory, it might have been 1203.
I didn't check my watch to be sure I had a thing to confirm.
I cannot miss this, I thought, not even for a second.
Even though eight minutes is a torturously long time to hold place in this position, and even though I knew the drip was accurate to the microsecond and could not possibly come early...
I did not move, but there was no hint of a coming plink, no slow swelling of an incoming drip, growing pregnant with its own weight, no presage of my hourly visitor whatsoever.
I waited for it, counting seconds, whispering them aloud.
Seeing the digital readout in my mind counting up, first to 100, then to 200, I eventually gave in to temptation at 300 and checked my watch.
It was 1210.
But as I've said, my watch is analog, so I had no idea how close I was to the moment when...
I missed it.
And I didn't just fail to anticipate it to the microsecond.
No, I missed it entirely.
The drip, you see, this time, had come from upstairs.
Son of a bitch!
I slammed my hand down on the steel rim of the sink.
Eyes turned to the ceiling.
I felt my left eye twitch in its socket, along with the inescapable panic that takes a bite out of your soul when your heart holds completely still for 1.3 seconds.
I was and remain completely unconcerned about anyone ever hearing any of my outbursts, which do escape me from time to time.
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