 Except that after that, they put the sack over my head again, and they made me climb up a tall ladder. A ladder? Yes, it seemed as if I climbed and climbed until suddenly the air got clear. Say, must have been the old lead mine they took you to. A lead mine? Oh, come to think of it, it did feel as if we were in a mine shaft, Mr. Sykes. That's where you were, all right. Lead, the one substance I can't see. The old root of my... What? What did you say? How's that? Oh, nothing, Mr. Sykes, nothing, Lois. Finish your story. How did you get back here?