"Well, I have. It's dark. Nothing ever happens in the light. You can see it from the roof, because you're higher up and you can look down inside."
"Inside what?"
"His laboratory. That's what they call it. 'Four walls to hide what devils do'—that's Shakespeare. I studied it, when I was in school. But mother said I was sick—"
"Wait, Charlie. That girl—"
"She's sick, I guess. We're all sick. But she was frightened, too. I'm not frightened. I passed them in the hall. She looked at me—I saw she was frightened. I said then to myself I guess I can help that girl. I'm smart—I've got keys."
If Turber should come! But the corridor was empty.
"You know which room is the girl's, Charlie?"
"Yes."
"You've got a key to it?"
"Key? I've got a key to Bluebeard's closet—"