As it happened, Solomon was coming downstairs from his and Raine's room with an empty mug. His old room was near enough to the intersection that he saw Skulduggery there, and saw Skulduggery knock, and managed not to laugh out loud. Even the great skeleton detective had to miss some things.

"Someone you're looking for, Skulduggery?" Solomon asked innocently as he stopped in the middle of the intersection instead of going toward the stairs nearer the kitchen. They were in the wrong direction.