Spy Games by Jacqueline Harvey

Author:Jacqueline Harvey [Harvey, Jacqueline]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781760899325
Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia

Following their morning at the racetrack the children were transported back to the stables. After changing into their regular clothes they made their way to the terrace where Song and Mrs Thornthwaite had a barbecue lunch on the go.

‘Good afternoon, children, please form an orderly queue,’ Song said. They were given a choice of bacon and eggs rolls, a sausage in a bun or steak sandwiches, all with optional onions and sauce.

Alfie devoured one of each, despite garnering himself a glare from Mr Nutting.

‘Racing is a hungry business, sir,’ the lad said as he stuffed the last bit of sausage into his mouth.

‘So why do you think Vanden Boom gave Max the same points as Kensy and Alfie?’ Carlos said to Sachin while they were standing in the line.

The lad turned and frowned. ‘You don’t . . . think . . .?’ he started but stopped before he said anything that could get him into strife.

Behind the boys, Yasmina and Misha had caught Carlos’s words too.

‘Yeah, there’s something rotten in the state of Denmark, don’t you think?’ Yasmina quipped.

Sachin wrinkled his nose. ‘But we’re not in Denmark.’

Misha rolled her eyes. ‘It’s a quote from Hamlet. You know, it’s a play, by Shakespeare?’

‘Oh,’ Sachin said, his eyes wide. But all of them were thinking the same thing. Maybe Max was the villain.

Lunch was followed by a group meeting and a surprise visitor.

The children were gathered in the common room space, talking about all the craziness of this morning’s race when Mrs Vanden Boom moved to the podium at the end of the room and asked everyone to take a seat and settle down.

‘Yesterday you asked me what the prize was for this year’s winner of the Pharos Trainee Spy Games,’ the woman began.

‘Is it a car?’ Sachin called out. ‘Because I’d like to place my order for an Aston Martin please, DB11 in silver preferably.’

‘You’ll need to learn how to drive first,’ Alfie quipped.

‘Bugger off, Dingle,’ Sachin snapped.

‘Alfie’s right, Sachin.’ Yasmina rolled her eyes. ‘Who says you’re going to win, Varma? You boys always think you’re better than us, but Kensy showed you today, didn’t she? And Harper almost got there too.’

Kensy grinned.

‘If you’d all pipe down then perhaps I could introduce our special guest, who’s going to tell you what the prize is,’ Romilly said.

She stepped away from the podium just as Dame Cordelia Spencer entered the room.

Kensy was about to call out to her grandmother when she remembered this was not family time. She stopped herself and gave the woman a grin.

Cordelia nodded towards the twins and smiled at everyone. ‘Good afternoon, all. It’s wonderful to have you here at Alexandria for the twenty-fifth annual Pharos Trainee Spy Games. I’ve heard that there have been some fierce contests so far and more to come. I’m looking forward to observing the activities myself this afternoon and tomorrow.’

Dame Spencer spoke about the importance of doing their best and understanding that the idea of having a saboteur in their rank and file was to keep them on their toes.

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