Charlie avoided any jokes about "using the force," which was probably a good idea with a woman who yelled at her house for no apparent reason. Then again, in the City there might be a reason to yell at a house. He knew some people who were more or less okay and who yelled at their houses and other inanimate objects all the time.
"Backwards? Does it work better that way? Do you think backwards? Though can you think backwards or forwards? It really is just thought." He leaned a little to look at the scones. "They're very good. So are the apple tarts and apple danishes." He'd probably had everything apple the shop made.