They waited silently until the railcar reached the hilltop. Milo and his father then talked to each other while waiting for the Whilforber Whirlwind to surface again, each commenting on the guests and how they had expected a vacation. Vinge could have known that Greenglass House did not have many guests at that time of year. Vinge did not notice, as he was also baffled by the second ringing of the bell. The bell then rang again, and Milo blurted a surprised comment, rude because it sounded like he did not want Mr. Vinge's orange and purple socks, commenting that Milo had won a brownie sundae. When the guest arrived, Milo was annoyed by his normalcy, and felt that the guest, De Cary Vinge, was judging him, as he was adopted. Milo guessed that it was a guy with a cargo of paperwhites, and green and pink striped stockings. While they waited for the guest to arrive, they guessed who it would be. Grumbling, he went outside to help his mother start the Whilforber Whirlwind. He was very surprised, as guests never came during spring break, and unnerved and frustrated by the change when it was supposed to be his vacation.
Milo was doing his math homework on the first day of winter vacation when the bell rang. well, that made the uneasiness feel uncomfortably like panic. Now, tromping across the fresh snow in the bitter cold ho haul a stronger up the hill, an unexpected stranger who was going to require him to work when all he really wanted was a quiet week or so with his parents and his house to himself.
Being surprised made him uneasy at the best of times. Milo lived at Greenglass House for as long as he could remember.Īll his life, ever since he was really small, Milo had been very bothered by sudden changes of plan. His mother made a patchwork quilt before she knew which baby they were getting, and Milo still had it by the age of twelve. Milo, a foundling, was adopted by Nora and Ben Pine while he was still a baby.
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