I cannot seem to find the first guest list Mr Darling have you seen it

Not since you set fire to it no

Madam you do realize now that we've invited those people to the midnight library to hear

you tell some dark tales, that they're actually going to come, right?

There is no going back. They'll trudge in here with their noise and odors and

plop themselves down and expect to be entertained. They'll expect to be safe.

Well then, they'll only occasionally be wrong about the safe bit.

And yes, of course I realize now that we've invited them they'll actually come.

Do you realize that if you and I want to carry on being as we are, doing as we do,

that we need those people to visit and tell other people that we're normal and the midnight library is to

I'll take down the framed obituaries

excellent mr darling I'll change this dress to a tear your shade of black.