‘Don’t think so,’ Barry answered quickly. ‘Getting down’s no problem, we can use the fire escape.’ He nodded over at an inconspicuous looking door in the far corner of the room. ‘The problem is what to do once you’re down there. Open the fire escape door on the ground floor, and you’ll find yourself right in the middle of a few thousand bodies. And if you manage to get outside, you’re not going to get back in again afterwards. It’d be impossible empty-handed, no chance if you’re carrying supplies.’
‘But there must be a way?’
‘Get a sheet, hold it like a parachute, climb up to the roof and jump off,’ Nick suggested.
‘You think that’ll work?’ Doreen said, her bewilderingly stupid response meeting with groans of disbelief.
‘Try it and let us know, Doreen,’ he said.
‘But how would I get b
