Diamond Brothers 5 - The French Confection by Anthony Horowitz
Author:Anthony Horowitz
Language: eng
Format: mobi, azw3
ISBN: 9781406342482
Published: 2012-07-04T14:00:00+00:00
* See Public Enemy Number Two
PARIS BY NIGHT
I knew I was in trouble before I even opened my eyes. For a start, I was sitting up. If everything that had happened up until now had been a horrible dream â which it should have been â I would be lying in my nice warm bed in Camden with the kettle whistling in the kitchen and maybe Tim doing the same in the bath. But not only was I sitting in a hard, wooden chair, my feet were tied together with something that felt suspiciously like parcel tape and my hands were similarly bound behind my back. When I did finally open my eyes, it only got worse. Tim was next to me looking pale and confused ⦠by which I mean even more confused than usual. And Bastille and Lavache were sitting opposite us, both of them smoking.
The four of us were in a large, empty room that might once have been the dining-room of a grand château but was now empty and dilapidated. The floor was wooden and the walls white plaster, with no pictures or decorations. A broken chandelier hung from the ceiling. In fact quite a lot of the ceiling was hanging from the ceiling. Half of it seemed to be peeling off.
I had no idea how much time had passed since theyâd knocked us out and bundled us into the back of a delivery van. An hour? A week? I couldnât see my watch â it was pinned somewhere behind me, along with the wrist it was on â so I twisted round and looked out of the window. The glass was so dust-covered that I could barely see outside, but from the light I would have said it was early evening. If so, we had been unconscious for about fifteen hours! I wondered where we were. Somewhere in the distance I thought I heard singing, the sound of a choir. But the music was foreign â and not French. It sounded vaguely religious, which made me think of churches. And that made me think of funerals. I just hoped they werenât singing for us.
âGood evening,â Bastille muttered. He hadnât changed out of the dirty linen suit he had been wearing when we met him the day before. It was so crumpled now that I wondered if he had slept in it.
âWhat time is it?â Tim asked.
âIt is time for you to talk!â Bastille blew a cloud of smoke into Timâs face.
Tim coughed. âYou know those things can damage your health!â he remarked.
Not quickly enough, I thought. But I said nothing.
âIt is your health that should concern you, my friend,â Bastille replied.
âIâm perfectly well, thank you,â Tim said.
âI mean â your health if you fail to tell us what we want to know!â Bastilleâs green eyes flared. He was even uglier when he was angry. âYou have put us to a great deal of trouble,â he went on. âWeâve searched you and this morning we searched your room.
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