He calls Australia, where a little boy answers the phone.

The boy answered simply that he wanted her to think him bad for a change.

The boy did not answer, and when Simon asked again he turned his head away.

But before the boy could answer him, an angry voice sounded from not far off.

The boy answered with a confidence he did not feel.

Perhaps a question the boy could not answer would jolt him back to reality.

But she did wonder how the boy would answer Raid.

The boy answered with so much affection, that made me love him ever after.

The boy heard him passing close by, but did not answer.

There was a long moment of silence, and then the boy answered in a low voice.