`` if that 's what you were worried about . there 's a knock on one of the connecting doors while i 'm mopping up the juice from my baked beans . shadow cried , tugging on the leash . `` i want to hear from you-whenever . yeah , he was n't as smart as he thought , and that gave nick a new confidence that ambrose might still be lying . i used to know someone who was one of them . we got weights and stuff down there . he could not believe what his twin had suffered for him . 