The tale people told was that William Handy once took off on a weeklong whoring excursion. When he got home, Miss Carmel confronted him and told him the only excuse he could possibly have for disappearing like that was that he must have forgotten where he lived. So she recited their address, 10 Pine Street, aloud. And, to make it memorable, she punctuated the telling with three blows to Mr. Handy’s head
