The Evil God and the Secret Spy Summary

Marshall, Melanie, and April return to the abandoned yard to continue playing their new game. Everything is just as they left it the day before. They continue to pull out the rest of the weeds and stash them in an old dumpster. Both Melanie and April take a good look at the lean-to: it really is only about a foot off the floor sitting on a palette and surrounded on two sides by the old fence. Inside the lean-to, the children had done everything they could to straighten up and make it something Melanie and April now call a "temple."

Melanie wonders if the Professor might be watching them. The rumors she'd heard about him make her nervous. After looking around the yard, they see the window at the back of...