“With Dan you have to listen to his underneath, you know? Not so much what he says.”

“Atticus adjusted his glasses as he peered down at the blanket. “Hey, is that the book Nellie told us abo”

“She led the way. Eyeless sockets of the dead seemed to stare at them as they passed. "These are cool," Dan decided. "Maybe I could-""No, Dan," Amy said. "You can't collect human bones.""Awww.”

“Amy turned to Nellie. "Can you create a diversion to draw the clerk outside?"The au pair was wary. "What kind of diversion?""You could pretend to be lost," Dan proposed. "The guy comes out to give ...”

“You should climb around inside my brain, Dan. It's like this dark room surrounded by quicksand.""I know what you mean," her brother said quietly. "I hate being in my brain sometimes. I have to get ...”

“For someone who's smarter than a supercomputer, sometimes you're a real idiot.”