Tom had shown him how to hot-wire an ignition, how to use the thin and limber strip of metal car-thieves called Slim Jims to yank the lock on a car door, how to short out a car burglar alarm.
Her smile suddenly collapsed into a narrow watchfulness he didnt like much - it was like discovering a deep crevasse almost obscured by summer flowers in the midst of a smiling, jocund meadow. "This is all very amusing, Paul, writing critics little billets-doux in ones head is always good for a giggle, but you really ought to find yourself a pot and get it boiling, dont you think?