″What are the men in gray doing?″ Momo asked anxiously.
Professor Hora produced a big blue handkerchief from his pocket. ″We're under siege.
They have us completely surrounded - that's to say, they're as close to Nowhere House as they can get.″
″But they can't get in, can they?″ Momo said. The professor blew his nose. ″No, they can't.
You saw for yourself, they vanish into thin air if they so much as set foot in Never Lane.″
Momo looked mystified. ″Yes, but I don't know why.″ ″It's temporal suction that does it,″ the professor told her.
″Everything has to be done backwards in Never Lane, as you know, because time runs in reverse around this house.
Normally, time flows into you. The more time you have inside you, the older you get, but in Never Lane time flows out of you.
You grew younger while you were coming up the lane.
Not much younger - only as much younger as the time you took to get from one end to the other.″
″I didn't notice anything,″ Momo said, still mystified.
″That's because you're a human being,″ the professor said with a smile.
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