He must go to her at once, warn her and protect her from the men in gray.
He didn't know how, but he'd find a way. Beppo pedalled even faster, his tuft of white hair fluttering in the breeze. He still had a long way to go.
The ruined amphitheater was ablaze with the headlights of a whole fleet of smart gray cars, which hemmed it in on every side.
Dozens of men in gray were scurrying up and down the grass-grown steps.
At last, after peering into every nook and cranny, they came upon the hole in the wall.
Some of them scrambled through it into Momo's room.
They looked under the bed - they even looked inside the little brick stove.
Then they reappeared, patted the dust from their smart gray suits and shrugged.
″The bird appears to have flown,″ said one. ″It's exasperating,″ said another.
Children should be safely tucked up in bed at this hour, not gallivanting around in the dark.
I don't like the look of this,said a third.It's almost as if someone had tipped her off just in time.
″Impossible,″ said the first. ″He couldn't have known of our intention before we knew it ourselves - or could he?
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