QUOTE : We reached the doors and Jackaby inspected the lock. “It isn’t broken,” he said. “It’s unlocked. From the outside. Wait here.” He stalked down the steps and returned a minute later holding the sky iron chain. It had been sliced into pieces. “The bad news is, she’s gone,” he said. “And worse, she has the black blade.”<br /><br />“Is there good news?” Miss Lee asked.<br /><br />“Well,” Jackaby answered gamely, “karmically, I would say we’re due for an upswing on the pendulum of fortune. That’s almost good news.”<br /><br />“That’s not good news,” Serif said, crossly. “That’s just a very wordy way of saying it’s all bad news.