insane (although perhaps Quintilian would have had his doubts), but he was obviously alarmed. And not just alarmed; he was stunned. The British have a good expression for Paul’s attitude. They would say that he was “gob-smacked.” “Gob” is slang for “mouth.” To be smacked is to be slapped with an open hand. So someone who is “gob-smacked” opens his mouth, claps his hand over it, and lifts his eyebrows in amazement. Paul was gob-smacked. He was amazed and astonished. He was shocked and outraged. Thus