The Uninvited

uprising. And there are other things goingon. Equally bizarre.’‘And equally childish?’ I ask. She looksup.‘What do you mean?’‘Those children,’ I say. ‘Pyjama Girl.And the others. The violent children andthe suicidal saboteurs aren’t two separateepidemics. They’re one. Although sinceit’s a global phenomenon, it’s a pandemic.Technically.’ She should have realisedthis by now. Professor Whybray will havedone. She stretches out her fingers andinspects them. They are thin and plain. Nojewellery.She says, ‘Go on.’‘Both groups commit uncharacteristicacts. They do so in a dissociative fuguestate so they’re unaware of what they’re