'' i was too busy trying to keep from getting vivisected by that steroidal maniac to notice any boat . '' '' well , trust me . he 's got a big , fast boat . so he goes across the lake at night and beaches it at the vikingsholm castle . then he hikes up the mountain and climbs up the rock slide to retrieve his wife 's body . he carries her down and puts her in the boat

'' did you have a nice time ? '' asked her other mother . '' it was interesting , '' said coraline . the three of them walked back up to coraline 's other house together . coraline 's other mother stroked coraline 's hair with her long white fingers . coraline shook her head . '' do n't do that , '' said coraline

'' at least he sounds happy , '' vianez said and stood up and grabbed her robe . '' wish me luck . '' she bumped into tam on her way to the stairs . they glanced at each other for a moment then turned their attention to their parents who had walked into the house carrying annon . '' you found him ! '' tam let out a whoop and jumped the last four stairs

sam looked sheepishly at this new stranger in his house . they certainly did n't get much stranger than miller . '' and a boy ! what a fine looking lad you are . '' miller rustled sam 's hair playfully . '' err , sam , this is a friend of daddy 's . his name is mr. miller . miller , this is my son ,
sam