He was wearing it now, as he sat at the head of Professor Flutesnoot's science room waiting for the bell to ring. Beside him, on the black top of the ...professor's lab table, were a notebook computer and an old-fashioned aluminum colander, the kind you'd find any kitchen, with the holes arranged in the shape of five-pointed stars. No one paid any attention to him. They were all swarming naked Betty Cooper, who stood between two jabbering boys, her arms around their waists, posing for cellphone. I felt a dreadful urge to confess everything, and a yet stronger urge to run and run forever. But only if Sarah was with me, holding my hand.After an eternity, and the arrival of several customers who diluted the policeman's focus and reminded him of his duties, I heard the pop-pop and departing roar of his motorbike.Trying not to look furtive, I went into the Ladies', and found Sarah standing on the toilet seat in a locked cubicle, for the second time that day. She had been crying again. I. Sam used his previous expertise at the local feed and grain store, managing to salvage several hundred pounds of barley from the dry and mold free storage bins he found it in. When they left Madras, he was breathing a little easier about the horses. There were a lot of young Porters dying to tend them, and Greta put Jenna in charge of the young crew.The train was crowded, but it made the distances remaining shrink to manageable ones. They passed through Redmond barely a half hour after leaving. Chrissie and I simply didn’t trust each other, and in this business that didn’t make for a comfortable working environment. Chrissie’s eyes moved to the statue and the paperweights. ‘Hey, now, what’s this?’ I shrugged. ‘I don’t know. They must be new. They’re not out for display yet.’ She ran a finger along the smooth paperweights. ‘They’re nice. They’d probably fetch a decent price from our patron. He seems to be an art lover.’ I shook my head. ‘Chrissie, don’t get side-tracked. The job is the.