"This is good", says Carl. "Who would ever have thought of combining extra old cheddar with honey. But it works."
"I got the idea from Aaron. The day after I arrived at the mansion, after breakfast he mentioned it, and courtesy of your sister, we all gave it a try. It was very good."
"Speaking of whom, he appears to have disappeared", says Carl. "But I imagine he s still writing us from wherever he is."
And suddenly, Aaron appears at the table, occupying the one empty chair. "Excuse me for popping in unannounced like this", he says laughing.
"Sh", say I, "you'll wake the others."
"They won't even know that I'm here", he says, pointedly lowering his voice.
"And where the hell have you been", says Carl.
"I've been here and I've been there, and I've been in-between." Aaron slices a generous piece of cheddar, dollops some honey on it, eats it in almost one mouthful, then says, "Well, lovely seeing you all, now it's near my bedtime so I must be off. Ta-ta". And now he is gone...
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