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And though I didn’t want to say it—a little bit mousy.

These microbes are known to contaminate white wine, causing spoilage and unpleasant odors, including nail polish remover, geranium and "mousy" odors.

During World War II there appeared a cartoon, I believe in The New Yorker: A mousy, James Thurber-esque little man is in front of a newsstand.

I’d had this image of myself as a mousy kid, but as I worked on the book, I was shocked at the things I did.

“So it gave us the cue that we should not be too mousy,” Caples said, “and that this was a public building where there could be some expansiveness.”