Rose and the Silver Ghost by Holly Webb

Author:Holly Webb [Webb, Holly]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781408314845
Publisher: Hachette Children's Books
Published: 2011-02-02T23:00:00+00:00

Even once Bill understood everything that had been going on, he still maintained he couldn’t tell them how to find the Pikes’ hideout, however much they begged. He agreed to make very, very discreet enquiries amongst old friends from the orphanage, but that was all.

‘I don’t want my ears cut off, Rose,’ he pointed out, as he left the workroom.

Rose sighed. ‘I don’t know who else to ask.’

Gus was sitting on the table, washing his ears thoroughly. ‘So defeatist,’ he murmured dismissively.

‘So how would you do it, clever-paws?’ Freddie demanded, and Gus wrapped his tail around his paws and glared at him, narrow-eyed.

‘All right, all right, I apologise,’ Freddie said hurriedly. ‘But really, I don’t see how we can find out any more about the gang.’

‘Bribe the cats,’ Gus told them all smugly. ‘Even a common alleycat knows exactly what’s happening in his territory.’

‘How?’ Rose frowned.

Gus shook his head, sweeping his wonderful whiskers to and fro. ‘Really, Rose dear. What do cats do all day?’

‘Sleep!’ Freddie snorted.

‘Exactly. But usually with at least one eye open, and in a place where we have a panoramic view of our territory, and everyone who comes in or out of it. Why the governments of every independent state in the known world have not instituted a Feline Intelligence Bureau, I do not know. Paid in fish – kippers, perhaps, and smoked salmon for the lieutenant grade. Simple.’

‘FIB,’ Freddie snorted. ‘And that’s what it would be. All cats lie, Gus. They’re known for it.’

Gus’s whiskers gave an irritable twitch. ‘Only because we’re so bored.’

‘Don’t they need to be magical cats? How would they tell us things?’ Rose frowned.

‘Any cat could pass on messages. With its eyes closed and all its whiskers stuck together with fish-glue. Is it our fault if you don’t understand?’ He sighed. ‘I will translate. But I will require lobster for this, Rose, you understand?’

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