The Perilous Journey
“Mr. Curtain hadn’t realized how much food she required, and she had deliberately not told him she needed more, for in order to convince him she would have had to explain why. And there was no way Number Two would reveal that she needed an enormous amount of fuel to compensate for how little she slept, because it was her near-constant wakefulness that allowed her to work away at the fastening pin in her handcuffs, hour after hour and night after night, while everyone else slept.
“Mr. Benedic...t kept trying to give me some of his food,” Number Two said as Reynie spooned cold soup into her mouth. She coughed, and most of it dribbled down her chin. “I wouldn’t take it. He had little enough. I’m afraid he was angry with me for refusing him. I hope he isn’t still angry. Is he?” She looked at Reynie with worried eyes.
“Of course not,” Reynie soothed. “He never was.”
Milligan had carried Number Two to a first-floor bedroom, easing her onto a rope bed that Kate had covered with a blanket.MoreLess
“Mr. Benedic...t kept trying to give me some of his food,” Number Two said as Reynie spooned cold soup into her mouth. She coughed, and most of it dribbled down her chin. “I wouldn’t take it. He had little enough. I’m afraid he was angry with me for refusing him. I hope he isn’t still angry. Is he?” She looked at Reynie with worried eyes.
“Of course not,” Reynie soothed. “He never was.”
Milligan had carried Number Two to a first-floor bedroom, easing her onto a rope bed that Kate had covered with a blanket.MoreLess
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