Sighing, Dale went into the dining room. She wasn't there, either, but he could see Starlight in the kitchen. She had the firebox open on the stove and was raking the coals with a poker held in her mouth. Okay, she's out, too. Well, it was kind of a dumb idea—what was I going to do when they gave me the pipe wrench? He folded up the paper and stuck it in his pocket, before returning to the office.