when no one answered , she went to inspect . she perched in such a way as to touch as little of it as possible . gus did not answer immediately , then he spoke slowly , deliberately , obviously weighing every word . he took me to every carnival he could find . she did n't know how successfully , and it would n't do to bank on her ability to do it c but it worked . he learned of one world , but was never exposed to the other . 