(george) by E.L. Konigsburg

Author:E.L. Konigsburg
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781416949572
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Published: 2011-05-10T07:00:00+00:00

Ben’s first appointment with the psychiatrist was for 10:00 a.m. the next morning. Mrs. Carr was taking the day off work to get him there. George told Ben that he would get him up in plenty of time.

“I’m glad that I can count on you for that at least.”

“I would like to know what you can’t count on me for, Benjamin.”

“I can’t count on you to be quiet.”

“And I can’t count on you to tell me when Marilyn is listening at the keyhole.”

“This may come as a complete shock to you, George, but I cannot, repeat, cannot see through doors. And I can’t hear sounds that aren’t made. Like Marilyn didn’t make any. Does that throw you, George? To know that I can’t do those things?”

“No, Benjamin Body, that information does not throw me. Because I am often surprised that you can see what is there. Your bumping into things in the lab is a legend in its own time. There is much to be seen that is outside a test tube, and there is much to be heard when people talk besides what they say.”

“George, you are talking out loud again. What is the matter with you? I never had to tell you before when to do your talking silently. You always knew. It was always understood between us.”

“I had to talk loud at Marilyn’s to keep you awake. You were hung up on getting some sleep. Sleeping your way out of a problem is what you were trying to do.”

“Hung up? Hung up on getting some sleep? I was plain tired. Tired of your nagging. You were hung up. Hung up, nothing. You were crazy on the subject of the thefts in the lab. What are you trying to be? Sherlock George Holmes and James George Bond all rolled into one, and, unfortunately, all rolled into me? Do you know what I think? I think that you’re the one who is crazy, George. Not me.”

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