The Uninvited

lot of kids making that mark,’ he says. ‘Inthe sand or on the walls. I hear from theHome Office that the police say it’s beenpopping up as graffiti in the last fewweeks. Always at child height.’‘And look at this eye.’ I point. ‘See thesimilarity to the eye gesture the kidsmake? Originally I thought it was an allseeingeye. Maybe a deity. But—’Naomi comes in and takes a chair.‘We lost three volunteers,’ sheannounces. ‘One of them seemed headedfor a full-blown breakdown.’ She glancesat the eye. ‘Hey, that’s interesting.’‘Why?’ asks Professor Whybray, alert.‘Because I just saw the psychiatrist’sreport on the Spanish twins. It said theyboth had the same nightmare, the morningbefore they attacked. It was about infected