Chapter 10
Atlanta, GA
CHARLES LED US upstairs to the hallway that led to our room and opened a door I hadn’t noticed, revealing a stairway leading up with some sort of electric chair lift running along one side of it, presumably for Mrs. Barnett’s use. At the head of the stairs we emerged into a huge room—the ceiling, at the center peak, was considerably more than head high, and it tapered gradually to two or three feet above the floor level on each side of the room. There were dormer windows spaced regularly along both walls, and I saw two or three low tables situated down the length of the room. Robbie was standing at one of them, and there were two smaller boys standing next to him. Two younger boys were playing nearby with Lance in attendance, and two still younger boys were in a pl
