Chapter 103 Summary

When Christopher returns home, Rhodri, a man who works for Father in his boiler repair business, greets him, asking what he’s been up to. When Christopher responds that he has been to the store to buy a Milky Bar and licorice laces, Father says, “You were gone a long time.” Rhodri then asks if Christopher always gets the third degree like that, but because Christopher doesn’t know what the “third degree” is, he doesn’t answer. Father puts one of those “Gobi Aloo Sag things” in the oven for Christopher—an Indian dish for which Christopher has a keen taste—then returns to his conversation with his employee. Christopher explains that Gobi Aloo Sag is yellow, so he has to add red food coloring before he can eat it. While waiting for his dinner, Christopher overhears bits and pieces of a...