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Sutton said, "I’d forgotten about this The Horton Ravine Riding Club is just across the road I played in the trough that day, floating leaves like boats It was afterward I climbed the hill and came across the tree I used as my hideout"

"Nanny, nanny, boo boo Told you so," I said

"I’ you to make fun of me"

"Then you shouldn’t be such a pill"

"Sorry"

"Forget it Let’s focus on the job at hand When you saw the guys, in what direction were they walking?"

"Actually, they were co Via Juliana and passed through this clearing The tree where I was hiding was partway up the slope so I was looking down on theht and moved off in that direction"

"So if the fence was there, they’d have had to cli"

"But I didn’t"

"Would you stop that? I’ we should knock on some doors and see if someone knohat year the fence went in"

We cli up the steps from terrace to terrace, until we reached the wide, flat patio with its pool, cabana, and built-in barbecue pit We went around the side of the house and then crossed the front lawn to the house next door I rang the bell

Sutton stood behind ht To anyone inside, with an eye to the peephole, we’d look like Jehovah’s Witnesses, only not as well dressed

Sutton shifted uneasily "What are you going to say?"