Five go to Billycock Hill by Enid Blyton

Author:Enid Blyton [Blyton, Enid]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Novela, Aventuras, Infantil, Juvenil
Publisher: ePubLibre
Published: 1956-12-31T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

Mr Gringle is annoyed

The military police went off down the hill to the Butterfly Farm, and the five children stood disconsolately watching them, with Timmy staring, too, tail well down. He didn’t quite know what had happened but he was sure it was something dreadful…

“Well — it’s no good waiting about here, I suppose,” said Julian. “I bet the police won’t get anything useful out of the Butterfly Men — they wouldn’t have noticed anything when they were out last night, except their precious moths!”

They were just turning away when they heard someone screaming in a high voice, and they stopped to listen in surprise. “It must be old Mrs Janes,” said Dick. “What’s up with her?”

“We’d better see,” said Julian, and he and the others, with Timmy at their heels, went quickly down to the cottage. They heard the voices of the two policemen as they came near.

“Now, now, old lady — don’t take on so!” one was saying in a kindly voice. “We’ve only come to ask a few questions.”

“Go away, go away!” screamed the old woman, and actually battered at the men with her little bony hands. “Why are you here? Go away, I tell you!”

“Now listen, Ma — don’t take on so,” said the other man patiently. “We want to talk to Mr Gringle and Mr Brent — are they here?”

“Who? Who did you say? Oh, them! They’re out with their nets,” mumbled the old woman. “I’m all alone here, and I’m scairt of strangers. You go away.”

“Listen,” said one policeman. “Were Mr Gringle and Mr Brent out on the hills last night?”

“I’m in my bed at nights,” she answered. “How would I know? You go away and leave me in peace.”

The policeman looked at one another, and shook their heads. It was clearly quite useless to find out anything from this frightened old woman.

“Well, we’ll go, Ma,” said one, patting her shoulder gently. “Sorry we’ve scared you — there’s nothing to be afraid of.”

They turned away and came back up the slope of the hill, seeing the children standing silently there. “We heard old Mrs Janes screaming,” said Julian. “So we came to see what was happening.”

“The Butterfly Men, as you call them, are out with their nets,” said one policeman. “A funny life, I must say — catching insects and looking after their eggs and caterpillars. Well — I don’t suppose they know anything about last night’s job. Not that there’s anything to know! Two pilots flew off with the planes, we know who they were — and that’s that!”

“Well, one was NOT my Cousin Jeff,” said Toby, fiercely. The men shrugged their shoulders and went off together.

The five children went off up the hill again, very silent. “I think we’d better have something to eat,” said Julian at last. “We’ve had no lunch — and it’s long past our usual time. Toby, stay and have some with us.”

“I couldn’t eat a thing,” said Toby. “Not a thing!”

“Get out what we’ve got, Anne and George,” said Julian, and the girls and Timmy went to the little ‘larder’.

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