Later they went to bed and both lay awake for a while, dreading the sound 
of the front door opening. But neither Mom nor Rog came home that night. Mom 
finally showed up in the morning, changed into her maid outfit, and ran for the 
bus to the Vicky Clave, but she just left all her garbage on the floor instead 
of throwing it in the hopper. When Harv checked the hopper later, it was 
empty.