Evening was speeding up and night was approaching quickly, two men one short and a bit pudgy and the other tall and skinny both sat in the bar drinking their cold hard whiskey while they spoke to one another.    "So friend how be your wife any better?" asked the skinny one. The pudgy man looked away as he gulped down almost half of his whiskey.    "No, doctors say she's very ill and may not recover for a while."    "I see, I am terribly sorry for you my friend." his skinny friend said as he drank more of his cold beverage.    "Well I must be off, I have to return home before it becomes too dark for me to see." The skinny man said as