He wanted nothing more to do with them.
Without turning from the window, he said, “Something happened in the dark of that kitchen. I couldn’t see them properly. In fact, I felt not to be able to see them at all.”
Manky said, “They are animals hidden.”
“What do you mean by that?” Vaasi-Vee asked.
“Forgive me, please, but I cannot say anything more, other than beg that I’m granted an audience with the most influential of your land.”
She looked at Oscar again. “We must speak to a representative of the Affable Nations. The hotel’s full of them.”
“But I cannot stress enough,” Manky said, “that it must be an animal trusted implicitly.”
“Then we have no choice but to wait until morning,” Oscar said, “and then I shall take you to one.”
The little dog nodded reluctantly, before looking at V
