Chapter 61 Chapter 60

Adeleji Mapp is a wonderful tutor--she can guess which question will be passed in the exam when she is listening, faster than a leopard can find a lame prey--but She wasn't very good at running.She told Starling that it was because she was too heavy with all the practical knowledge. On the running trail, she had fallen behind Starling and caught up with the old DC-6 that the FBI used for hijacking simulation training.It's Sunday morning.They have been eating books for two days, and they feel very comfortable in this bleak sunshine. "What did Pilcher say on the phone?" Mapp asked, leaning on the landing gear.

"He and his sister own this place on the Chesapeake Bay." "Well, what else?" "His sister lives there with the kids and the dog and maybe her husband." "and also?" "At one end of their house—it's a big old building on the water that they inherited from his grandmother." "Don't go around in circles." "Pilch lives on the other side of the house. He wants us to go next week. He says there are plenty of rooms. 'As many rooms as anyone needs', I think he said that. He said his sister would call and invite me .”

"Stop kidding, I don't know who still does that now." "He made such a nice arrangement--not messy at all, went for a walk by the sea, dressed warmly, and came home with a fire burning, and the dogs held their big sandy paws straight at you. Jump up and down all over your body." "It's idyllic! Huh, big paws covered in sand, go on." "It's funny to think we've never even had a date. He claims that if it's cold, it's best to sleep with two or three big dogs. He says they have enough dogs in the house to give everyone Make a pair."

"Pilcher's playing the old dog-clothes trick. He's preparing for you. You see that, don't you?" "He claimed he was a good cook and his sister said he was." "Oh, she already called!" "yes." "How does it sound?" "Okay. Sounds like she's on the other side of the house." "What did you tell her?" "I said, 'Okay, thanks a lot!' And I just said that." "Okay," said Mapp, "very good. Have some crabs. Catch Pilcher and give him a kiss on the cheek and drive him crazy!"