Chapter 36Arthur was grinning. "We just went under the English Channel," he said. "On a train."
It was the tenth time he'd said the same thing or close to it.
Jonah, who was sitting across from him, nodded politely. He was exhausted, and the whole "King Arthur digs the wonders of the modern world" bit was wearing kind of thin.
So was the "Stanza makes goo-goo eyes at King Arthur" bit.
"The Chunnel," said Arthur. "Amazing."
"It is, isn't it?" said Stanza. Arthur had the window seat, and Stanza sat beside him, shoulder to shoulder, often leaning across to point out some new attraction as they hurtled through the twilight countryside.
"What are those lights up there?" Arthur craned his neck to gaze at the sky. "The blinking ones."
Stanza leaned over for a look. "Airplane," she
