You’ve no fear of heights,” puffed the girl.”None,” I said.”I’ve heard that about you.

I raised my hands, trying to shush her.”Don’t shush me,” she said, eyes blazing. “I hate being shushed.

I had no idea there’d be so many Sherpas aboard!” exclaimed Miss Simpkins.”I’m not a Sherpa,” Nadira said. “I’m a gypsy.””Oh, my goodness!” said the chaperone.

This way,” she said, veering toward the roof’s edge. “Can you jump?””Oh, I can jump!””Then jump!

I could not help staring back, for they made quite a contrast: Kate’s pale skin and elegant purple suit, Nadira’s dusky skin and exotic fiery sari.”Do we clash?” Nadira said dryly.”We certainly do,” said Kate....

Nadira gave Kate a long hard look. “Mr. Slater has the ship. Mr. Cruse has the coordinates. I have the key. What exactly do you have?”For the first time Kate looked flustered.

I stared at Kate in disbelief. “I know, I know,” she said, walking toward me, hands raised as if to calm a dangerous beast. “She’s not coming,” I said.”She’s coming.””She can’t.””She’s coming.

If anyone comes near you, just scream and run.

The preface? Why would he waste time with the preface? Skip the preface and move on to the meat of the thing!

I prefer the word aviatrix. It has more zing to it.””It’s very zingy,” I agreed.