If she won't assist us of her own free will, we must concentrate on her friends instead.″
He produced a folder from his briefcase and flipped it open.The principal persons concerned are named as Beppo Roadsweeper and Guido Guide.
I also have here a list of the children who pay her regular visits.
I suggest we simply lure these people away, so she can't get in touch with them.
What will Momo's abundance of time amount to when she's all on her own? A burden - a positive curse!
Sooner or later she won't be able to stand it any more, and when that time comes, gentlemen, we shall present her with our terms.
I'll wager a thousand years to a microsecond that she'll show us the way, just to get her friends back.″
Downcast till now, the men in gray raised their heads. Every face broke into a thin-lipped smile of triumph, every pair of hands applauded.
The sound reverberated along the interminable passages and corridors like an avalanche of stones rattling down a mountainside.
TWELVE: NOWHERE HOUSE
Momo was standing in the biggest room she'd ever seen. It was bigger than the biggest cathedral or concert hall in the world.
Massive columns supported a roof that could be sensed rather than seen in the gloom far above.
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