Mystery #03 — The Mystery of the Secret Room (tff-3) by Enid Blyton

Author:Enid Blyton [Blyton, Enid]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: child_adv
Published: 1945-12-14T16:00:00+00:00

Larry takes a Turn

“Golly! We’ve found out something now!” said Fatty. “Pip, did you notice John Henry Smith’s address?”

“Of course.” said Pip importantly. “Didn’t you guess that’s why I offered to help to read the name?”

“I saw you push Miss Crump’s spectacle-case down the side of your chair,” said Daisy.

“Yes. But I put them on the table again before I went,” said Pip. “I got the address all right. It was 6, The Causeway, Limmering. And the telephone number was Limmering 021.”

“Jolly good, Pip,” said Fatty admiringly. “You made an awful blunder about the three thousand pounds, but you were certainly very smart afterwards. I couldn’t have done better myself.”

“You couldn’t have done so well!” said Bets, very proud of Pip. “I say - it’s all very queer, isn’t it? If Mr. Smith so badly wanted the house because his mother lived there, and because he was brought up there, why did he only furnish one room?”

“That room has a barred window,” said Fatty, thinking hard. “Maybe that was the nursery window in the days when he was there as a child - and perhaps that’s why he has taken that one room and furnished it - he may be a frightfully sentimental person. Though I admit it doesn’t sound a very good explanation. Still detectives have to think out every possible explanation.”

Nobody thought it was a good explanation.

“We’ll find out if a Mrs. Smith lived there in years gone by,” said Larry thoughtfully. “And if one of her children was called John. And if that room was the nursery.”

“Yes. We can do that,” said Fatty. “And we might find out if John Henry is still at Limmering.”

“Limmering is miles away!” said Larry. “We would never be allowed to go there.”

“Well, we’ve got the telephone number. We can telephone, silly,” said Fatty.

They got on their bikes and cycled away fast, for it was now getting dark.

“Whose turn is it to make inquiries now?” said Daisy. “I’ve done my share. I should think it’s Larry’s or Bets’.”

“How can we find out who lived at Milton House before?” said Larry. “Nobody will know!”

“Use your brains, fathead.” said Fatty. “There are lots of ways of finding out. I could tell you plenty. But you can jolly well think up some for yourself. A good detective would never be stumped by a simple thing like that. Pooh! - I could fine out in ten minutes.”

“You’re always so clever!” said Larry crossly.

“I can’t help that,” said Fatty. “Even as a baby I used to -”

“Oh, shut up!” said Pip and Larry, who never would allow Fatty to tell them of his wonderful babyhood.

Fatty looked offended. “Well,” he said, when they parted at Pip’s corner, “see you all tomorrow. You get the information we want, Larry, and report it.”

This sounded very official and important. Bets sighed happily. “It is nice to be solving such a dark mystery, isn’t it?” she said.

“Well - we haven’t got very far with it yet!” said Fatty, smiling at her. “And if old Buster hadn’t got into that fight, I doubt if we would have got so much out of Miss Crump.

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