She had participated in another minor miracle.  They had been seated in a circle on the rug.  Jill lay back flat and suggested it to Mike in her mind.  With no patter of any sort, with no sheet nor anything to conceal a non-existent steel rod, Mike lifted her.  Patricia watched it with serene happiness, convinced that she was vouchsafed sight of a miracle. "Pat," Mike then said. "Lie flat."