' He felt another flutter of alarm,was grateful he'd packed his medicine, realised he didn't want to spendthis night a zombie.Max nodded, accepted tha.... He offered Carl a skull cigarette. 'Been upto much?''Nothing,' Carl confessed. 'No chance, no money, no -' he stoppedhimself.Max put his head on one side quizzically, but they were queuing fortickets now and not alone. When they were out on the platform waitinghe smiled. 'No chance, no money, no friends?''You're good at that,' Carl said. Maybe it was the age differencethat caused it, but the two never got along - Lee resented being'mothered' by someone who was still pretty much a kid herself, and tookevery opportunity to make her life hell when his father wasn't about.Of course, until three months ago, she hadn't been in any position todo anything about it, but Lee knew that things would be very differentnow.After the funeral, Lee had been told he would stay with some obscurerelative, a third cousin twice removed, or something.. Just having a walk, please don't step off. Would you liketo talk about it? Please let me help."I didn't recognise her, but she could have been any of the shallow,media obsessed clones engaged in their endless competition to be exactlythe same and slightly different to all the other girls and the mediastars they aped. I couldn't think of a less likely person to open myselfto. Though her presence out here on her own on this murky day, milesfrom a 4G signal, Costa or shopping outlet suggested my. "If you have to play more songs, learn some more from the hymnal." I know many hymns already. I played for the church when Mrs. Deetman couldn't." And we were proud of her, Charles," her mother said suddenly. "Could we afford the new sheet music now?" If both of you are determined."The lyrics were every bit as appropriate as she had thought it was, and every bit as sad. "From this valley, they say you are going," she sang when her chores were done. "I shall miss your bright eyes and sweet.