After dark, the two sit in Roundwood Park and talk to try to avoid their physical desire.But Samad soon gets his chance to be proven right and to impress Poppy by protecting her from Mad Mary.Poppy thinks Samad is exaggerating the fact that Mad Mary is dangerous. Back in Secret Date Town, Samad and Poppy encounter Mad Mary, a well-known kind of North London madness.Hamilton is a kind of madness they weren't prepared for, the kind that sneaks up on you. Magid, Millat, and Irie are city kids, so they're used to all kinds of madness, but Mr.Hamilton is talking, and he doesn't notice until they are gone. All three kids run out of the house while Mr.He tells the boys that lying will rot their teeth (teeth, teeth, teeth). He wonders what the army would have fed these men. Millat says his dad fought for England in the war, and the old man says that would have been impossible because there were no Pakistanis in the war (first he uses a racial slur, actually).He describes the process of killing black men, and it makes Irie cry. Hamilton tells the children that everything has two sides, and that he used to shoot and kill Congolese men because he could see their white teeth in the dark jungle. The conversation turns to war when Mr.(What is it with this book and teeth, you ask? Take a trip to our 'Symbolism, Imagery, Allegory' section to find out.) Then the old man lectures the children about the necessity of brushing their teeth, revealing that his are fake.He offers them tea and they agree to stay for a bit anyway.

However, he can't eat anything they've brought.And dude does lets them in the house eventually. He is serious about charity (well, for a few minutes anyway). Millat makes it his mission to get inside the house.We understand who doesn't hate it when solicitors come to their home? Hamilton won't let them in because he think's they're trying to sell something or rob him. Meanwhile, the others arrive at their charity charge's house.He tells his cousin Hakim and his wife Zinat that he is going to buy life insurance so he's got an alibi for the evening. Then he goes into a small shop owned by a cousin. Samad gets there early enough to change outta his work clothes.Samad and Poppy had agreed to meet up by the Harlesden Clock at 4:30.The children and Samad all take the fifty-two bus, but in different directions.This chapter opens with Samad preparing to secretly meet up with Poppy, and Magid and Millat stuffing canned goods into their backpacks for charity, as part of the Harvest Festival.

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