The case was against the fireplace.

Hardshell, black, with the shop’s sticker on it.

My son opened it kneeling on the carpet and he did not say anything for a long time, and when he did say something it was not what anybody in that room expected, and three people got it wrong afterwards when they retold it.

He said: “Does Mr.

Vandermolen know about this?”

Part Fifty: Don’t Sell This One