Kathy's house was on a corner, high up on a hill. It had been two houses once, so it had two front doors, I rang the bell on Mardo's side, but nobody came. Then I went to the other door. Nobody answered. While I was waiting, a grey Dodge car went quickly round the corner and a smart girl in blue looked up at me for a second. I didn't see the other person in the car l didn't look very hard. I didn't know it was important, l opened the door with Kathy's key, and walked in to a living room with just enough furniture in it. I walked through the house until I found the door to the other side i unlocked it and went through. At the back of the house I found a room with a closed door, No answer, I went in. The little man on the bed was probably Peeler Mardo. noticed his feet first, because they were tied to the end of the bed by a rope round the ankles Somebody had burned the bottoms of his feet until there was no skin left. There was still a smell of burning in the room, and on a table by the bed there was a hot electric iron. I turned it off. I went to Kathy's kitchen and found some whiskey. I drank some of it and looked out of the window. Then I went back to Peeler Mardo's room.