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Оглавление“WHEN DID YOU SEE HER LAST?”
the door of the roadster, “and the only thing you investigated was that silly girl. Girls and fashion, Snicket. You are too easily distracted.”
I felt myself blush. It is not a feeling I like. My ears get hot, and my face gets red, and it is no way to win an argument. “I’m going to walk back to the Lost Arms if you don’t mind,” I said. “It’s only a couple of blocks.”
“By all means,” Theodora said. “You’d only be a fifth wheel if you hung around our head- quarters while I wrote my report. In fact, Snicket, why don’t you make yourself scarce until dinner-time?”
She shut the door of the roadster and drove off. I waited for the sound of the engine to fade, and then spent another minute looking once more at the Dilemma. I even put out a hand and rested my palm on one of the horns. “A fifth wheel” is an expression meaning some- one who is of no help at all, the way a fifth wheel on an automobile doesn’t make it go any faster.
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