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374 pages, Hardcover
First published September 15, 2015
"Without preamble, he'd taken George and me up to the landing, opened the forbidden door, and shown us a little of the truth."
"'Something killed these men while they were sleeping.'
'I'm just glad neither of them slept naked, ' George said. 'Particularly that hairy one.'"
"It was a funny thing about being an agent, something Lockwood had once said: you were admired and loathed in equal measure. After dark, you represented order and all good things. They loved to see you then. In daylight, you were an unwelcome intrusion into everyday life, a symbol of the very chaos that you kept at bay."
”aku memusnahkan hantu yang melakukan itu,” katanya, “tapi apa gunanya? Sudah terlambat. Dan aku merasa…” Aku bisa merasakan dia mencari-cari kata yang tepat. “Dalam kemarahan dan kesedihan, Lucy, aku hanya merasa kosong.
Namun seperti biasa, kumisnya yang mengagumkanlah yang menarik perhatianku. Bagiku, kumis Barnes mirip sekali dengan sejenis ulat bulu eksotik, mungkin dari hutan Sumatera, yang sebelumnya tidak dikenal di dunia ilmiah.