The Secret Seven by Enid Blyton

Author:Enid Blyton [Blyton, Enid]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: General Fiction
Published: 1949-11-08T23:00:00+00:00

8 – Another Meeting

The meeting that afternoon was very interesting and full of excitement. Everyone had something to report. They came punctually to the old shed, giving the password without a pause.

«Weekdays!»

«Weekdays!»

«Weekdays!» One after another the Seven passed in, and soon they were sitting round the shed. They all looked very important. Scamper sat by Peter and Janet, his long ears drooping down like a judge's wig, making him look very wise.

«Pam and George – you report first», said Peter.

So they reported, telling how they had found out that the old house had been sold to a Mr. J. Holikoff some time back, although he had never lived in it.

«Did you get his address?» asked Peter. «It might be important.»

«Yes», said George, and produced his note-book. He read the address.

«Good. We might have to get in touch with him if we find that he ought to know something queer is going on in his empty house», said Peter.

Pam and George felt very proud of themselves. Then the two girls reported. They told how they had discovered that the tracks came from the direction of the town of Templeton, and had gone down to the gates of the old house, where it was plain that they had stopped, as Jack had noticed the night before, when he heard the car. Then they told how the tracks had gone into the field, circled round and come out again – and had clearly gone up the lane and back the way they came.

«Good work», said Peter.

Janet took out her notebook and went rather red in the face. «I've got this to report, too», she said. She put on the table a page of the notebook on which she had drawn the tyre pattern. «I don't expect it's a bit of use: the pattern on the tyres of the van or trailer or lorry, or whatever it was that was pulled behind the car. And I measured the width, too.»

Everyone looked at the scribbled pattern. It didn't look anything much, but Peter seemed pleased.

«Even if it's no use, it was a good idea to do it», he said «Just suppose it was some use – and the snow melted – your drawing would be the only pattern we had to track down the tyres.»

«Yes», said Colin, warmly. «I think that was good, Janet.»

Janet glowed with pride. She put away her notebook. «Now you three boys report», she said, though she herself had already heard part of it from Peter while they were waiting for the others to come that afternoon.

Peter made the report for the three of them. Everyone listened in silence, looking very thrilled.

«So, you see», finished Peter, «somebody went to the old house last night, got in through the kitchen door, because the footsteps went right to there – and I think they left a prisoner behind!»

Pam gasped. «A prisoner! What do you mean?»

«Well, isn't it clear that there was a prisoner in that big window-less van – a prisoner who was

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.