He hung up and found Sarah's number with trembling hands. But she didn't answer. What now? What on earth now? He looked through the other numbers in his wallet and saw a name: Muriel Pritchett, animal trainer. She answered at once. Muriel?" he said. "It's Macon Leary "Oh! How're you doing "I'm fine. Or, rather He tried to explain about Edward and Charles and being on top of a building in New York Let's make sure I've got this right," Muriel said "Edward's n your pantry Macon tried again. "Edward's outside the pantry. My brother's inside, and says he's going to call the police to come shoot Edward so I thought if you could go over and I'll go right away, and take Edward to the Meow-Bow.' "Oh, wonderful. And there's something else I'm having this kind of See, I'm on top of this very tall building and I don't know what it is but something has scared the hell out of me.' "Oh, I think people who go up those buildings are so brave. Macon gave a dry laugh, and held the phone more tightly. Yes, you ought to be feeling so proud of yourself, just being up there!" she said. "And Macon, when you get back from your trip, we need to talk about Edward's training. Things just can't go on this way, can they? I mean, this is ridiculous. "Yes. Yes, you're absolutely right,' Macon said. See you, then. Bye. After Macon hung up, he went back into the restaurant and sat down at his table. He felt calm and tired and terribly hungry. "I'll be honest," Muriel said, my baby was not exactly planned for. If you want to know the truth, the baby was the reason I married Norman in the first place. But didn't push him into it."