The Future Door by Jason Lethcoe

Author:Jason Lethcoe
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: ebook, book
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Published: 2011-10-16T21:00:00+00:00

18

THE OLD CLOCK

Stonehenge? You can’t be serious!” Rupert said.

Griffin placed a pair of clean socks in his small pack. “It’s the only place that makes sense,” he replied. He had hoped to get confirmation from Sherlock Holmes on this point and to find out if he knew anything about how well guarded Moriarty’s secret hideout would be. But with the great detective gone, it had fallen upon him to arrive at his own deductions.

“And how exactly did you determine that there’s a secret lair hidden beneath Stonehenge?” Rupert asked. “I don’t see any evidence that points to such an outlandish conclusion.”

Griffin took Miss Pepper’s note from his pocket and handed it to his uncle.

“Miss Pepper changes her writing style in the middle of her letter. If you read the first part of the note, it sounds like she’s giving us some insight into her thinking. She’s obviously very proud of her accomplishment and wants to tell us so. Take a look,” Griffin said.

Rupert scanned the note, reading the parts where Charlotte informed them of how she deduced the location of the time machine and how easily she managed to break into their apartment. He glanced up at Griffin, scowling.

“An arrogant woman. Obviously lacking in social graces.”

Griffin tried not to laugh. To hear his uncle criticizing someone else for being arrogant and rude was pretty funny.

“She does seem confident,” he agreed. “But if you look closely, you’ll see that there is a line or two that stands out as something other than just bragging. See here,” Griffin said, indicating the end of the note. “It’s like she decided to be poetic all of a sudden.” He read the lines aloud to his uncle: “ ‘A new history begins tonight . . . the hands of the ancient clock will be turned and the very stones themselves will be rearranged.’ ”

“It’s like I said. The woman possesses an overinflated ego,” said Rupert.

“Oh, but I don’t think so,” Griffin said excitedly. “Why would she say ‘the hands of the ancient clock’? What could she possibly be referring to?”

Rupert shoved his hands into his worn trouser pockets. “I don’t know,” he said grumpily. “Perhaps she’s talking about time itself. After all, she does possess the time machine.”

“That’s what I thought at first,” Griffin admitted. “But then I wondered, why wouldn’t she just say ‘the hands of time will be turned’? Or something simple like that? To me, it sounds like she’s hiding something.” He indicated the next part of the note. “And listen to this part: ‘The very stones themselves will be rearranged.’ ”

He glanced up at his uncle, his eyes dancing with excitement. “I don’t know if you know this, but there are some people who believe Stonehenge was an ancient clock, a way for early inhabitants of Britain to keep track of time and the seasons.”

The scowl disappeared from Rupert’s face as he considered Griffin’s words. He inspected the note closely for a moment, then turned back to his nephew.

“It might be a coincidence,” he said.

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