}

            final WriterThread w = new WriterThread();
            w.setDaemon(true);

            try {
                w.start();
                // use commonly acceptable buffer size
                final int bsize = Math.min(sh.getReceiveBufferSize() - 70, dh.getSendBufferSize() - 70);
                final byte[][] b = new byte[2][bsize];

  `Only a thimble,' said Alice sadly.

  `Hand it over here,' said the Dodo.

  Then they all crowded round her once more, while the Dodo
solemnly presented the thimble, saying `We beg your acceptance of
this elegant thimble'; and, when it had finished this short
speech, they all cheered.

  Alice thought the whole thing very absurd, but they all looked
so grave that she did not dare to laugh; and, as she could not