`` so you 're going to send me to my room now ? '' the house was dark save for a light in one of the upstairs windows . an operation like this has got to have a hidden fail-safe mechanism . `` did you get half-eaten by a shark , or something worse ? she pulled off the watch cap and ran her fingers through her hair . he was caught in a trap , and if he did n't find a way out in about three or four seconds , he 'd wind up like that dead rat . 