‘Lizzie knew they were coming,’ Alice said, ‘so we got away with plenty of time to spare. Didn’t sniff you out though, did she? Knows what you did to Mother Malkin, though, but only found out after it happened.

Didn’t sniff you out at all and that worries her. And she said your shadow had a funny smell.’

I laughed out loud at that. I mean, it was crazy. How could a shadow have a smell?

‘Ain’t funny,’ Alice accused. ‘Ain’t nothing to laugh at. She only smelled your shadow where it had fallen on the barn. I actually saw it and it was all wrong. The moon showed the truth of you.’

The Spook's Apprentice Chapter 11