So you will not have an opportunity to instruct him on how to keep Ultra a secret," says the major.

(His secret, he says, is hardly ever eating after 6pm).

No secret, I assure you," he said, trying to hide his embarrassment.

"I got his name," said George menacingly, as if he were revealing a secret.

"No," said Dar, embarrassed that he had kept this place a secret.

"Our secret," they said together, and joined hands, one over the other.

"Not many secrets around here," Jason said a little sourly.

"No secret," she said pleasantly, taking another sip of her drink.

The secret," Charlie told him, "is to talk much, but say nothing.

"No secret that powerful can be kept for long," Scott said skeptically.