"ok...mother....."Maria said slowly as she picked herself up and her shoulders sagged. "come on Hugo lets go play by our self......." Maria wandered over to the castle front door and pushed with all her mite to push it open. she walked back up the stairs and sat on the railing humming to her self watching the brass pengalim on the massive grandfather clock swing back and forth in a never ending hypnotizing pattern. "tick tock goes the clock. and now what shall we play? Tick tock goes the clock Now Brothers gone away? Tick tock goes the clock." Hugo flew circles around the main hall leaving a shadowy trail behind him.