Laurie sent Charles a picture of the cetacean room at the London Museum of Natural History because of his abiding interest in that sort of creature. I showed it to Charles, although I had to fight off the other kids so that Charles could see it first.
Dad: This is a picture from the Museum of Natural History in London, England.
Corwin: So we’re going to England?
Dad: Hmmm. [to Mom] We could think about that.
Mom: Except we don’t have the money to do that.
Corwin: What do you mean we don’t have the money?
Dad: Well, we do, but then we couldn’t heat the house this winter.
Corwin: That’s OK, we could wear sweaters. That’s what they do in Foxtrot.
Dad: What if the choice was England or paying for the electricity for your computer?
Corwin: Oh. Well. Hmmm.