The Zig Zag Girl: A Magic Men Mystery by Elly Griffiths

Author:Elly Griffiths [Griffiths, Elly]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Mystery
ISBN: 9780544527942
Google: BNJwCgAAQBAJ
Amazon: B00QPIGTOM
Goodreads: 23719322
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Published: 2015-09-15T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 19

‘Diablo!’ said Edgar, before he could stop himself.

The old man peered across the dark room. ‘Edgar? It that you, dear boy?’

‘Geddon with it,’ shouted a voice from one of the tables.

Diablo was still looking eagerly towards the direction of Edgar’s voice.

‘Edgar? What are you doing here? Is Max with you?’

‘I’m here,’ Max spoke from the bar.

‘Max!’ Face wreathed in smiles, Diablo reached out to shake his hand.

‘Get on with your act, you old fool,’ said the doorman.

‘My act, yes.’ Diablo looked down at the bottle in his hand in apparent bewilderment. ‘I’m now going to pass this bottle through the coin . . . No, the coin through the bottle . . .’

The audience started to boo.

‘No, hold on a second,’ pleaded Diablo. ‘In one hand I have a sealed bottle. In the other I have a coin, an ordinary coin of the realm.’ He opened his hand. It was empty. The booing grew louder.

‘Do some magic,’ hissed the doorman, ‘or you’re out.’

Diablo still continued to stare at his empty palm. Edgar stood rooted to the spot by the door. He wanted to rescue Diablo, to floor the doorman, to silence the crowd. But how and in which order? While he dithered, Max strode forward. Gently, he took the bottle from Diablo’s hand.

‘Come on, old chap. Let’s get out of here.’

‘You’re fired,’ said the doorman.

‘He’s been fired from better places than this,’ said Max. He placed the bottle in the doorman’s hand, turned it upside down once and then rattled it to show the half-crown that was now inside.

‘Consider it a tip,’ he said. ‘Come on, Ed.’

And the three of them trooped out of the club.

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