"A" is American, "E" British -- but most of the time when I write it I almost feel compelled to use 'e' because of its lovely greyness.

And yes, I loved the Grey Mouser! I read as many of those books as I could get my hands on and still every now and then think of them fondly ::adds them to impossibly long To Read Again list:: I was thoroughly taken by that character and the friendship between the two heroes/anti-heroes. ::beams, wishing she had a stack of the books in front of her right now (like she has time to read them)::