SEVENTEEN
‘Jack, I’m sittin’ in the front, the back makes me feel sick,’ Della said.
But while they argued, Siggy sat in the front. “Ferin’ gettin, blomp kidz.”
Della and Jack looked on with undisguised bemusement. They understood what he said, you learn Frontier Gibberish at MI5 School, but were mystified about why Ghost couldn’t understand why sitting in the front was important as you can pretend you are the driver, and they resented being called “blomp kidz”.
Abe wanted to get going, except Jack wanted to sit behind the driver and so did Della. Abe drove off when Jack, in a most ungentlemanly manner, ceded the seat to Della.
‘What time is it?’ Jack asked.
‘Time you got a watch, ugly,’ Della retorted.
‘Abe?’
‘Jack?’
‘What you doing down ‘ere?’
‘Things happen around you, Jack, i
