so that makes me a scientific expedition , see ? `` she is out at the moment . he looked away , pretending to be interested in a passing car . maybe she needed to rush off to work . she picked up the mask , noticed some dots of reddish black , now dried and crusty , around the cutouts for the eyes , nose and mouth and immediately dropped it . frustration rolled off of him in waves . the calling of her name as jess returned to the relative safety of the rear garden caused her to stumble . 