The professors all seemed to know about the naked old woman creeping about, but they kept their mouths shut as soon as anyone asked about her. Which meant they were obviously hiding something.

"She's harmless if you don't get too close," Professor Lipskin told us in Undead Botany the next day. "We have it under control."

"Like you do Quiet?" Echo asked.

The rest of the class's eyes about popped out of their heads at her nerve. I grinned. Leave it to ...