Widow Lebbil, an inhabitant of the Gadrobi District of Darujhistan, Genabackis, was a usually calm, reasonable woman who had to use a cane to walk because of her bad hips. She lived in an ancient tenement room immediately below her upstairs neighbor, Fat Saborgan, who every night, at the same time - when anyone else would be abed - would, instead, begin stomping about, "back and forth, round and round, this way and that", making so much noise that it was impossible for Widow Lebbil to sleep. This was one of the very few things that drove the widow into an over-powering rage. Driven to distraction by all the racket overhead, Widow Lebbil would struggle out of bed and, getting up on a chair, would begin to pound the ceiling with her cane - "thump thump scrape thump scrape thump thump" - poun