"And I'll hit you again," Toffee promised, "if you don't get down."
George merely looked baffled at this. "Where are we goin'?" he asked.
"To an accident," Toffee said.
George's face brightened. "Was Marc in it?" he asked.
"It hasn't happened yet," Toffee explained. "We're going to be in it, you and I. In fact, we're the whole accident."
"Huh?" George said, edging up a bit. "Us?"
"That's right," Toffee nodded. "They figure we know too much."
"Too much about what?"
"About this subversive business," Toffee said. "They think we know their plan to overthrow the government."
"So they're going to kill us in an accident?"