{"product_id":"2940014010115","title":"Teething Ring","description":"_Anyone can make an error, but the higher the\u003cbr\u003e society ... the more disastrous the mistake!_\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHalf an hour before, while she had been engrossed in the current soap\u003cbr\u003eopera and Harry Junior was screaming in his crib, Melinda would\u003cbr\u003enaturally have slammed the front door in the little man's face. However,\u003cbr\u003ewhen the bell rang, she was wearing her new Chinese red housecoat, had\u003cbr\u003ejust lustered her nails to a blinding scarlet, and Harry Junior was\u003cbr\u003esleeping like an angel.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYawning, Melinda answered the door and the little man said, beaming,\u003cbr\u003e\"Excellent day. I have geegaws for information.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMelinda did not quite recoil. He was perhaps five feet tall, with a\u003cbr\u003egleaming hairless scalp and a young-old face. He wore a plain gray\u003cbr\u003etunic, and a peddler's tray hung from his thin shoulders.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Don't want any,\" Melinda stated flatly.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"_Please._\" He had great, beseeching amber eyes. \"They all say that. I\u003cbr\u003ehaven't much time. I must be back at the University by noon.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"You working your way through college?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe brightened. \"Yes. I suppose you could call it that. Alien\u003cbr\u003eanthropology major.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMelinda softened. The initiations those frats pulled nowadays--shaving\u003cbr\u003ethe poor guy's head, eating goldfish--it was criminal.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Well?\" she asked grudgingly. \"What's in the tray?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Flanglers,\" said the little man eagerly. \"Oscilloscopes. Portable\u003cbr\u003eforce-field generators. A neural distorter.\" Melinda's face was blank.\u003cbr\u003eThe little man frowned. \"You use them, of course? This _is_ a Class IV\u003cbr\u003eculture?\" Melinda essayed a weak shrug and the little man sighed with\u003cbr\u003erelief. His eyes fled past her to the blank screen of the TV set. \"Ah, a\u003cbr\u003emonitor.\" He smiled. \"For a moment I was afraid--May I come in?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e       *       *       *       *       *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMelinda shrugged, opened the door. This might be interesting, like a\u003cbr\u003evacuum-cleaner salesman who had cleaned her drapes last week for free.\u003cbr\u003eAnd Kitty Kyle Battles Life wouldn't be on for almost an hour.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"My name is Porteous,\" said the little man with an eager smile. \"I'm\u003cbr\u003edoing a thematic on Class IV cultures.\" He whipped out a stylus, began\u003cbr\u003ejotting down notes. The TV set fascinated him.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47164538093808,"sku":"2940014010115","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940014010115_p0.jpg?v=1763598949","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940014010115","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}