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‘Elinor, you’re driving ain,’ said Mo

‘No, I won’t!’ she snapped back ‘I’ll godown’

Mo ht, let’s leave her to it!’ he whispered ‘By the time she’s covered ten kiloet some sleep now You can have my bed It’s not as bad as it looks If you close your eyes very tight you can i corass with the wild geese’ Meggie couldn’t help yawning How often she and Mo had played this gaotten? Oh yes, that one! It’s ages since I thought about that story …!’ Wearily, she lay down on the prickly straw

Mo pulled his sweater off over his head and covered her up with it ‘You need a blanket all the saoose’

‘But you’ll freeze’

‘Nonsense’

‘And where will you and Elinor sleep?’ Meggie yawned again She hadn’t realised how tired she was

Elinor was still pacing fro?’ she said ‘We’re going to keep watch, of course’

‘All right,’her nose in Mo’s sweater He’s back with hed down her eyelids Nothing else ht: Oh, if only I could read some more of that book! But Inkheart was in Capricorn’s hands – and she didn’t want to think of hiet to sleep Never …

Later, she didn’t kno long she had slept Perhaps her cold feet woke her, or the itchy straw under her head Her watch said four o’clock There was nothing in the less rooie couldn’t i near the door with Elinor They both looked tired and anxious, and they were talking in low voices

‘Yes, they still think I’ave ue And Capricorn is firmly convinced I can repeat the trick any time, with any book at all’

‘And … and can you?’ asked Elinor ‘You weren’t telling us the whole story earlier, were you?’

Mo didn’t answer for a long tiie thinking I’ician too’