Chapter 28He closed his eyes again and started breathing very steadily. The atmosphere in the room changed. It somehow became heavier, which was ridiculous. It should have been ridiculous, anyway. They sat in silence for a few moments.
Then at the other end of the room, Sylvia saw a glow out of the corner of her eye. She turned to look at it. It was almost like a ray of sunlight, dancing through the dust-motes to begin with. But it became brighter and brighter until she couldn’t look at it directly and it seemed to spill toward Robert.
His breathing was steady and very, very controlled. Matthew was watching him anxiously.
Lucy pressed closer to her left side and Walter made a little harrumphing noise under his breath, quiet enough that only Sylvia heard it.
“Now,” Robert said.
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