wanted to know why she and her friends were using the pool, and Nutty told him all about the competition. "Do you mean you're doing all this yourselves, with no help? Do your teachers know? Nutty didn't know and she didn't really care. But Mr Smith laughed. "I think that's wonderful, Mr McTavish, he said to Nutty's fathcr. 'We give Sebastian too much," he went on. "I've had to work for what l've got, and your Deirdre's the same. She's a worker, and she can use our pool when she wants to.' Then he asked Nutty about the shooting, and when he heard that they had no money for lessons, he said, "Well, I'll see what I can do for you I'll have a word with a policeman friend of mine." He laughed again. "It'll be good for Seb and his friends to work a bit harder. And for a minute Nutty almost felt sorry for Seb.