They decided that before going outside the museum, they would confront Peter’s grandfather to try and get as much information out of him as possible. Obviously it wasn’t going to be easy to get the old man to tell them anything, never mind everything. If he had told Peter everything he knew when his grandson had first found the book, it could have made things easier for him. The old man was lying in his bed with the curtains closed to keep out the afternoon light. He appeared to be asleep, but Peter knew that often when he looked like that he was actually wide awake. One of the benefits of being old was that you could pretend to be deaf, or forgetful, or simply quite unable to understand what anyone was saying, but Peter knew his grandfather was none of those things. ‘Grandfather,’ he said as he and Festival stood beside his bed. Nothing. ‘I think he’s asleep,’ Festival whispered.
What do You think about The Second Forever (2012)?
