THE BOY DETECTIVES by WRIGHT ADRIAN

Author:WRIGHT, ADRIAN [WRIGHT, ADRIAN]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Must Close Saturday
Published: 2015-03-25T16:00:00+00:00

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Life went on just the same as before in Branlingham after Bunty Rogers was swept away to the railway station from Red Cherry House. The Jones family had never experienced so much kissing, and Mrs Jones dabbing her eyes, and Bunty calling everyone darling, and giving Francis and Gordon such hugs and kisses and promises not to lose touch. They stood at the gate of the house and watched until the taxi vanished from view. Mrs Jones, determined to keep up everyone’s spirits, had made a Bramley apple pie especially for the occasion, and the day turned out a good one, the boys recounting their week at the Temple of Thespis, Mrs Jones counting her blessings that that lovely lady she’d sat next to on Bunty’s first night had already sent her a postcard and invited her to pop up to London to see her, and had even ordered one of her most progressive corsets. Lady Darting arrived to personally congratulate the boys on their work, and accepted a slice of pie that she pronounced far superior to anything that had ever come out of her kitchens at the Hall.

That week’s drama reverberated beyond Red Cherry House.

Two days later, at the post office, Miss Simms clasped Mrs Jones’s new parcel with both hands. There was no mistaking the feel of it; it was another of those French corsets. Miss Simms glared at the label in disbelief. It was addressed to Dame Sybil Thorndike.

At the Hippodrome, Mr Penderbury sat in the manager’s office. He had sat a long time, staring at the little velvet box which had that very day been delivered by special messenger, and at whose centre shone the great pearl that had been the cause of so much bother. Once again, he unfolded the note he held in his hand.

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