Dan And the Dead
“Apparently they almost called the police, which might have been a very good thing, though given what I’ve been up to, perhaps not. I manage to get away in the end and have a shower – I can’t think straight with Lugubrian’s grave muck under my fingernails. Afterwards, I’m pretty tired, but when I get back to my room, they’re standing there, all three of them, waiting for an explanation.
‘What?’ I say to Si. His arms are folded. So are Em’s. The ghost of Silas Lugubrian is fuming with rage an...d his head has gone into indignant orbit round my light bulb. You’d think he at least would be happy, but instead he’s whinging on and on.
‘Such an insult! Burying my head at my feet! But I’ll have the last laugh. We’ll see how they like it when – ’ ‘Oh, be quiet!’ Simon shouts, and he bats the head across the room. It vanishes through the wall. The ectoplasm is puffing out of the hole in Si’s head again.
‘So, you’re working for him now?’ says Ems, in a voice so controlled it’s dangerous.MoreLess
‘What?’ I say to Si. His arms are folded. So are Em’s. The ghost of Silas Lugubrian is fuming with rage an...d his head has gone into indignant orbit round my light bulb. You’d think he at least would be happy, but instead he’s whinging on and on.
‘Such an insult! Burying my head at my feet! But I’ll have the last laugh. We’ll see how they like it when – ’ ‘Oh, be quiet!’ Simon shouts, and he bats the head across the room. It vanishes through the wall. The ectoplasm is puffing out of the hole in Si’s head again.
‘So, you’re working for him now?’ says Ems, in a voice so controlled it’s dangerous.MoreLess
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