>Hrm

Well, it's always hard to write out a sound, especially that of clearing one's throat unobtrusively. I'm glad you could hear it, so I'm thinking it was kinda close.

Funny though, that thing about sounds. They don't always translate the same in different languages. Like dog barking...in French readers they write Woof-woof, but in English readers they write bow-wow)

Ooops, does everybody call those learning-to-read books in kindergarten and Grade 1 "readers"?