Stopping at the first house on his famous ride, Paul Revere cried, "Is your
husband home?" "Yes!" replied the woman. "Then tell him to get dressed so he
can fight the British!" At the second, third and fourth houses he asked the
same question, and got the same answer, and left the same instructions. At
the fifth house he shouted, "Is your husband home?" "No!" came the reply,
"He'll be gone all week." "Whoa-a-a!"