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He was nearly jogging to keep up with me Finally, he reached out and took me by the elbow

"Hold on You're beating the hell out of this street and you're not even going in the right

direction"

"What? Oh? What is the right direction?" I asked, sounding frantic

He nodded in the opposite direction

"Did that guy yell at you or so? I hope I didn't cause any trouble"

"No Forget it," I said, "It has nothing to do with you" He shrugged

"Okay We could continue and walk through the Gardens," he said, "and then catch a taxi to Buckingham, unless you want to stop at Harrod's first and see the world's most famous department store"

"Let's take it a step at a tih the Gardens first I'd like to just breathe some fresh air"

"Okay You're right We've got lots of ti to be in London quite a while"

"Maybe," I said under my breath "Maybe you will, but I won't"

"What do you mean?"

"Nothing I' Don't pay any attention to me"

I looked back in the direction of the house Why hadn't ed me? She had to have heard all that noise I had knocked loud enough to wake the infaers's mistress

And where had Boggs come from so quickly? What did he do all day, wait in the shadows?