Shawn Thomas Odyssey_Wizard of Dark Street 01 by The Wizard of Dark Street

Author:The Wizard of Dark Street
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Orphans & Foster Homes, Family, Business, Occupations, Juvenile Fiction, Fantasy & Magic, General, Mysteries & Detective Stories, Historical, Careers
ISBN: 9781606841433
Publisher: Egmontusa
Published: 2011-01-01T06:00:00+00:00

The journey to the cemetery, which was located at the very south end of the street, took nearly forty-five minutes by carriage. Oona did not notice the time pass. It was early yet, the sun just having topped many of the buildings, and most of the street’s varied inhabitants still slept. A few early risers and shady-looking characters wandered the mist-covered sidewalks, along with several sleepy-eyed police constables.

But Oona observed none of this, nor did she so much as glance out the carriage window as they rolled the six-mile stretch of empty street, with the exception of once, when the carriage bumped over some missing cobblestones and she looked up to see the stone steps of the museum and the enormous carved stone top hat. She caught a glimpse of the girl-size dress in the window of Madame Iree’s Boutique for Fine Ladies. The enchanted glinting cloth caught Oona’s attention for the length of time it took the carriage to roll past, and then she was once again lost in thought.

It was solely the two sheets of paper in her hands that divided her attention. In her right hand she held the riddle that she had copied out of the Wizard’s book. But it was the paper in her left hand that currently held her gaze: a document printed on crisp red paper and written in quite specific and legal terms. At the top of the document were the words CERTIFICATE OF DEBT, beneath which was a scramble of musical notes. Luckily for Oona, learning to read the musical language of magical law had been part of her training as an apprentice.

She sighed. “From what I can make out—and I am not a lawyer, so I am not certain—but it appears that Uncle Alexander borrowed some money. According to this document, he has been borrowing money for quite some time … a period of two years. But not from a bank. It would seem he has been borrowing from a company called Dupington Moneylenders.”

“Dupington?” said Deacon. “Never heard of them.”

“Neither have I, Deacon. But this certificate of debt and the eviction notice we received this morning are both printed on the same thick red paper. It’s my guess that if we look into it, Dupington and the Nightshade Corporation will be one and the same. That is why Red Martin has evicted us.”

“But what does that mean?” Deacon asked from the seat opposite Oona. His voice shook against the rattle of the carriage.

“If my suspicions are correct, then it means that, more than likely, Red Martin had a dirty red hand in the attack on Uncle Alexander,” Oona said. “That’s what I think.”

“But he was not in the room at the time of the attack,” Deacon pointed out.

Oona nodded. “No doubt he put someone else up to it. It is too much of a coincidence that Red Martin should benefit so much from all of this. Clearly, he and one of the applicants are in cahoots. But which one?”

“Are you sure the document is authentic?” Deacon asked.

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