He paused again, and then said softly: ‘The truth is that Jimmy and Alison Bodine have undergone a pretty bizarre kind of change in their appearance. Don’t ask me why, or how, but I promise you it’s true. They’ve grown scaly, hard shells instead of skins, and from what Mason Perkins here says, they have pincers as well, like crabs or lobsters.’ There was a moment of silent disbelief. Then one of the policemen tittered. Somebody said: ‘Lobsters?’
