Davina Dupree Predicts a Plot by S.K. Sheridan

Author:S.K. Sheridan
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781782811282
Publisher: G2 Rights Ltd

Thursday 11th November

How unexpected.com, Diary!

So yesterday afternoon, Arabella and I skipped the rehearsal and followed Erica, to see what she did while everyone else was in the Grand Hall. Lottie had gone to sit with Mrs Fairchild again, too upset to face anybody. It was a bit of a shame because Alfie had got over his tantrum and returned to the rehearsal yesterday and I have to admit he’s rather good at what he does, and really pulled everyone’s acting together. We gave Melody a note to give to him, explaining that we couldn’t come as we had a job to do.

‘I hope we don’t get caught,’ I said as we positioned ourselves behind bushes near the door to the Grand Hall. I’d noticed a pattern, Erica seemed to arrive for the BEGINNING of the rehearsal, blow bubbles loudly and annoyingly, then slip out unnoticed once everyone became absorbed in the play.

‘Or more likely WE’LL catch someone: the thief,’ Arabella said grimly.

We waited for about ten minutes, all wrapped up in our cashmere scarves and big puffy jackets. The weather was getting colder and Mrs Pumpernickle said she thought it might snow soon.

One half of the giant door creaked open and Erica tiptoed out.

I waggled my eyebrows at Arabella and we sneaked after her, darting from bush, to statue, to fence, holding our breaths and hoping she wouldn’t see us.

To my surprise, instead of heading back into the main school building where all the dorms are, Erica headed round the side of the school and through the kitchen garden, where Marcel grows his fruits, vegetables and herbs for cooking. She walked straight through the gate at the end and into the Japanese Rock Garden. The one good thing about the route she chose was the amount of things we could hide behind on the way, like sheds, trellises, boulders and trees. But I was completely mystified.com about where she was heading.

We dodged through the rock garden, almost being discovered when she dropped her hankie and turned to pick it up. Luckily we had just enough time to drop behind a mountain of stone before she saw us. We watched her push open the gate and walk through it to the Medieval garden. By now we were a very long way from the main building and by the looks of it, the only ones out in the freezing air.

Arabella and I stayed just behind the gate, peering through the gaps in a nearby hedge to see what Erica would do next. To my UTTER surprise.com, she pulled her fur coat round herself tightly and sat down on a bench near a fountain. Then she took the gum out of her mouth, wrapped it in a tissue, put it in her pocket, and began to sing.

Sweet, sad notes filled the air and wrapped themselves round Arabella and I. A tear rolled down Arabella’s cheek and on to the grass and I found my own eyes were also a bit weepy. What a

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