Violet and the Hidden Treasure by Harriet Whitehorn

Author:Harriet Whitehorn [Whitehorn, Harriet]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781471118982
Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK

Violet might not have recognised the lady, had she not whipped off her sunglasses and said furiously to her, ‘Violet! How did you get in?’

‘Angel,’ Violet stammered. ‘What am I doing here? What are you doing here?’ And then it dawned on her. Of course! Who would have more reason to steal the Maharani?

‘It was you,’ Violet cried, ‘dressing up as all those different people, trying to steal the Maharani!’

Angel shrugged. ‘I am a brilliant actress, you know,’ she replied.

‘But how did you know that I had the Maharani?’ Violet asked, genuinely amazed.

‘Violet, you are not a good actress. You must think I am stupid if you thought I’d fall for your nonsense about having your own cockatoo, who happened to sound exactly like the Maharani.’

‘Oh,’ Violet replied, as there didn’t seem much else to say.

‘So now,’ Angel continued, ‘I have merely taken back what is mine. Rajesh stole the Maharani from me and—’

But she was interrupted by Ernest popping his head around the door. ‘Very urgent phone call for you, madam,’ he announced.

Angel hesitated. She was waiting for an important phone call from a director about an audition. ‘Don’t you dare move,’ she growled at the children. ‘I’ll be right back.’ She put down her fish and chips, stomping past Ernest and down the stairs to the telephone.

‘I’m not even going to ask you three what you are doing out of bed and how you got in here,’ remarked Ernest. ‘Now I’m guessing this is your missing bird? And she will come if you call her?’

Violet nodded as the Maharani came and perched on her shoulder.

‘Right then,’ Ernest said briskly and pushed up one of the sash windows. ‘Put her out in the garden and then you can get her later.’

Violet hesitated.

‘Trust me, Violet,’ Ernest said. ‘It’s your best chance of getting her back.’

Reluctantly, Violet took the Maharani over to the window and flung her out.

Just at that moment, Angel returned. ‘There was no one there,’ she complained to Ernest. And then, when she saw the open window, she screamed at all of them, ‘WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?’

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