CHAPTER 26
Rory was gathering moss when she heard a strangled noise. Looking back, she could see Longinus standing by the little tombstone, holding a piece of paper in his hands. Even in the moonlight, she could see that the colour had drained from his face. She hurried over and as she got near, she spotted something shiny and golden by his feet: three golden guineas.
“What’s the matter?” she asked as she reached him. From where she stood, Rory could see a cavity at the top of the tombstone, and she guessed that was where the paper had come from. Longinus was still staring at it with horror.
“Longinus?”
“Nothing,” he replied shakily, pocketing the paper.
He produced a small contraption from his pocket with wires sticking out of it and flung it to the sea. There was a tiny explosion wh
