Shutterbox

In this chapter, Tommo explains that he has forgotten his camera at home. He has been listening to all of Tommo's conversations, and he wants to help him capture the "banshee" . He asks Tommo what happened to his clothes, and Tommo says that he hates him, too. He tells Tommo that the title of the book implies that the headmasters urn contains the souls of the dead, and that this way to capture the banshee is a neat way to do so. Tommo tells him that he can weaken the banshee by ignoring her, and then when she is near fainting from frustration, he can catch her. He also tells him not to dance the lobster quadrille, because he has lost all of his lobsters. He wants to return to his sphere of creation, and to hold up the camera so that Meg can better see him.