diff --git a/game.exe b/game.exe
index b34fc99..a394d0f 100755
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diff --git a/game.prj b/game.prj
index 0020605..58563fb 100755
Binary files a/game.prj and b/game.prj differ
diff --git a/jeanne.jor b/jeanne.jor
index 37e8fa0..fee3c59 100755
--- a/jeanne.jor
+++ b/jeanne.jor
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ car :touch
 
 :noname
   0 player.state DRIVING f!
-:| chuck.state @ CHUCK-HOME = if e_chuck yield then
+:| CHUCK-HOME state@ if e_chuck yield then
    player.driving? not if car yield then
    done |; ' entities redefine
 
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ touch-next 6 21 2= dup
       pete say" Nobody home, I guess."
       jeanne say" Go away before I call the\cops, Pete!"
       pete say" Oh.\I guess she's still mad."
+      JEANNE-ANGRY setstate
     else
       pete say" Jeanne hates me enough already\without driving through her\front door!"
     then
diff --git a/jorth.c b/jorth.c
index a124805..c47c5e2 100755
--- a/jorth.c
+++ b/jorth.c
@@ -446,6 +446,7 @@ void f_comma() {
 }
 
 void f_allot() {
+  memset(HERE, 0, TOP().u);
   HERE = CELL_OFFSET(HERE, TOP().u);
   DROP(1);
 }
diff --git a/petehous.jor b/petehous.jor
index 579d375..f8d92a7 100755
--- a/petehous.jor
+++ b/petehous.jor
@@ -9,10 +9,55 @@ table :touch pete say" Yesterday's breakfast is still\on the table."
   say" Maybe the day before's too." ;entity
 chair :touch pete say" I've had my morning coffee\already." ;entity
 bed :touch pete say" I'm not tired yet." ;entity
-e_phone :touch phone
-  :| s" [don't pick up]" :| pete say" Hmm... no answer." |; yield
-     s" Hey Pete, what's up?" :| pete say" Not much, old friend!" |; yield
-     done |; choose ;entity
+e_phone :touch phone :|
+
+s" [don't pick up]"
+:| pete say" Hmm... no answer." |; yield
+
+s" Hey Pete, what's up?"
+:| pete say" Not much, old friend!"
+  0 begin phone :|
+    JEANNE-ANGRY state@ CHUCK-GONE state@ not and if
+      s" I hear Jeanne's awful mad\at you!"
+      :| pete say" Ohh, she'll come round."
+	 phone say" What'd you do, anyway?"
+	 pete say" Me?! What makes you think I\did anything?"
+	 phone say" Come on, Pete, how long\have we known each other?"
+	 pete say" Haw haw haw! Well, it's a\pretty good story..."
+	 say" I was taking Chuck out for a\midnight ride, see..."
+	 phone say" *sigh* You didn't even think\of asking, did you."
+	 pete say" Hell no! He's my horse!"
+	 phone say" Chuck hasn't been your horse\for years, Pete. That's what\happens when you sell them."
+	 pete say" Quit moralizing and let me tell\my story. So there I was,\riding on the trail..."
+	 say" We get to the clearing, and\I look up at the stars."
+	 say" It's the clearest night\you've ever seen in your life."
+	 say" Just as I'm looking up,\I see something."
+	 phone say" 'Something'?"
+	 pete say" I have seen my share of\airplanes and shooting stars.\This was not that."
+	 say" I'm not saying it was aliens..."
+	 phone say" ... but it was aliens."
+	 pete say" I'm not saying it!\You said it."
+	      say" Anyway, I get off Chuck and\lie down on the grass, to\get a better look, see?"
+	      say" Maybe have a pull or two of\whiskey, while I'm watching\the sky."
+	      say" I guess I must've dozed off,\because next thing I know\it's morning and Chuck's gone."
+	 phone say" You LOST him??"
+	 pete say" I figured he just went home!\But when I went to Jeanne's,\he wasn't there."
+	 phone say" You lost him."
+	 pete say" He's a smart old goat,\just like me. He'll\turn up soon."
+	 CHUCK-GONE setstate
+      |; yield
+    then
+    CHUCK-GONE state@ if
+      s" You found Chuck yet?"
+      :| pete say" I'm sure he'll turn up soon!\Sheesh, get off my back." |; yield
+    then
+
+    s" Goodbye, Pete." :| pete say" Goodbye!" drop 1 |; yield
+    done |; choose
+  dup until drop
+|; yield
+
+done |; choose ;entity
 
 :noname
   reset-level
diff --git a/road.jor b/road.jor
index 5d4ead4..118988f 100755
--- a/road.jor
+++ b/road.jor
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 :noname
   1 player.state DRIVING f!
-  :| chuck.state @ CHUCK-HOME = if chuck yield then
+  :| CHUCK-HOME state@ if chuck yield then
      done |; ' entities redefine
   :|
 touch-begin E leaving? dup
diff --git a/state.jor b/state.jor
index 44d5561..b3fc23c 100755
--- a/state.jor
+++ b/state.jor
@@ -1,12 +1,20 @@
-0 const CHUCK-GONE
-1 const CHUCK-SEARCH
+0 const JEANNE-ANGRY
+1 const CHUCK-GONE
 2 const CHUCK-FOLLOW
 3 const CHUCK-HOME
-var chuck.state
+
+3 const LAST-STATE
+array state LAST-STATE 8 / 1 + allot
+
+: statef ( f -- v f ) dup 8 % 1 swap << swap 8 / state + swap ;
+: state! ( b f -- ) statef f! ;
+: state@ ( b f -- ) statef f@ ;
+: setstate 1 swap state! ;
+: clearstate 0 swap state! ;
 
 16 18 W ' {horse} defentity p_chuck
 :noname
   :| player yield
-     chuck.state @ CHUCK-FOLLOW = if p_chuck yield then
+     CHUCK-FOLLOW state@ if p_chuck yield then
   done |; ' party redefine
 ; ' onload redefine
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/trail1.jor b/trail1.jor
index ff45383..187d567 100755
--- a/trail1.jor
+++ b/trail1.jor
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ car :touch
 :noname
 0 player.state DRIVING f!
 
-:| chuck.state @ CHUCK-SEARCH = if e_chuck yield then
+:| CHUCK-GONE state@ if e_chuck yield then
    player.driving? not if car yield then
    done |; ' entities redefine
 
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ touch-begin S leaving? dup
     else player move-entity 13 7 road.jor queue-level
     then
   then
-chuck.state @ CHUCK-SEARCH = if
+CHUCK-GONE state@ if
   touch-next 37 60 2= dup
     if
       pete say" Oh for the love of..."