The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Riddle of Ages by Trenton Lee Stewart & Manu Montoya

Author:Trenton Lee Stewart & Manu Montoya
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Published: 2019-09-23T16:00:00+00:00

What took you so long?” asked Kate.

She was joking, of course, but Reynie thought it a good question. Strange that something he hit upon so easily today had felt so impenetrable yesterday. Sleep and food had made a difference, he knew. But he also knew there was more to it than that.

“What’s most surprising to me,” Reynie said, “is that Constance didn’t solve this herself. She’s the one with the perfect sense of rhyme and meter, and we know how she identifies patterns without even trying. For her not to be able to reconstruct the last line of Mr. Benedict’s message—well, I think it shows us better than anything what she’s really dealing with. We can’t see that battle raging in her head, but it’s obviously a fierce one.”

For a moment they all considered this, all felt a pang of sympathy and protectiveness. Nobody was a greater test of their patience than Constance, it was true, but neither was there any person in their lives more remarkable.

“So, what’s the secret, Reynie?” Sticky asked, keeping his voice neutral. He still felt mildly resentful but was determined not to show it. “What do rhyme and meter have to do with this?”

“Okay, think of the pattern of the message,” Reynie said. “He gave it to us in the form of a poem:

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