Thief of Time - Connected

'Yes. But he's asleep. I think the clock upset his mind, and also he was hit in the fight. He says things in his sleep.'

'Says what?'

'The last thing I heard him say before I came to find you was, "We're so close. Any passage might do,"' said her ladyship. She looked from one to the other.

'Have I said the wrong thing?'

Susan put her hand over her eyes. Oh dear...

'I said that,' said Lobsang. ' Just after we came up the stairs.' He glared at Susan. 'Twins, right? I've heard about this sort of thing! What one thinks the other thinks too?'

Susan sighed. Sometimes, she thought, I really am a coward. 'Something like that, yes,' she said.

'I'm going to see him, then, even if he can't see me!'

Damn, thought Susan, and hurried after Lobsang as he headed along the passage. The Auditor trailed behind them, looking concerned.

Jeremy was lying on a bed, although it was no softer than anything else in the timeless world. Lobsang stopped, and stared.

'He looks... quite like me,' he said.

'Oh, yes,' said Susan.

'Thinner, perhaps.'

'Could be, yes.'

'Different... lines on his face.'

'You've led different lives,' said Susan.

'How did you know about him and me?'

'My grandfather takes, er, an interest in this sort of thing. I found out some more by myself, too,' she said.

'Why should we interest anyone? We're not special.'

'This is going to be quite hard to explain.' Susan looked round at Lady LeJean. 'How safe are we here?’

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The Thief of Time - p279-280