Looking down, Momo saw some words on her shell. YOU'RE WASTING TIME! she read.
Heavens alive, so she was! Momo pulled herself together.
She hurried through the forest of clocks to the little door, squeezed through it and ran along the passage to the front door.
She peered out, then darted back in panic. Her heart began to thump furiously.
Far from running away, the time-thieves were streaming towards her up Never Lane.
They could do that, of course, now time had ceased to flow in reverse there, but she hadn't allowed for the possibility.
She raced back to the great hall and, still clutching Cassiopeia, hid behind a massive grandfather clock.
"That's a good start," she muttered ruefully. Then she heard the men in gray come marching along the corridor.
They squeezed through the little door, one after another, until a whole crowd of them had assembled inside.
"So this is our new headquarters," said one, surveying the vast room. "Very impressive."
"That girl let us in," said another gray voice. "I distinctly saw her open the door, the sensible child.
I wonder how she managed to get around the old man."
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