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“Okay, then, there was the time in Scotland”

“Okay, that was my fault”

“Don’t feel bad, Saht in front of us out of nowhere”

“Very funny”

“You got us out of it, though, and that’s what counts”

And he did Using a short coil of rope, the car jack, a stue, and some well-applied basic physics

They drove in silence, watching the darkened countryside slide by until finally the lights of Princess Anne appeared a half e II, the town—or hamlet, as many locals demanded it be called—boasted a population of 2,200 souls, not counting the students who called University of Maryland Eastern Shore their hoo, Sareed if not for the cars on the streets and the electric lighting, it would take little effort to iine you’d been transported back to Maryland’s prerevolutionary days, so quaint were parts of the hamlet of Princess Anne

Sahway 13 into the middle of town, then turned east onto Mount Vernon Road, which he followed for a e Road They were now on the outskirts of Princess Anne Frobisher’s shop, whose second floor served as his apart driveway bordered by maple trees

As Sam reached the turn-in, a black Buick Lucerne sedan pulled out of the driveway and passed thehts washed over the passing car’s windshield, Saer seat

“That was him,” Remi said

“Yeah, I know,” Sam muttered distantly

“What is it?”

“Don’t knowSoht”

“What’re you talking about?”

“He lookedscared”