“Here we go,” said Cross, laying the hefty tome on the table open to the correct page. “That shows just about every building in town. The only one's missing are Jocular's castle because it's too far away, Hyde and Sikh's because Mandeep has it camouflaged to protect against an aerial attack, and Mr. Curtain's, whose house exploded when he flushed his toilet a week earlier.”
“How can flushing a toilet make a house explode?” said Ollie.
“Professor Crumble tweaked his plumbing,” said Stitches.
“Oh right.”
“They found a third of him on top of the pub,” said Cross.
“What about the rest of him?” said Deirdre as she studied the photo.
“We never found out,” said Stitches, “although Noggin was ferociously guarding something behind the police station for a few days afterwards. No one could get
