The Case of the Vanishing Emerald by Holly Webb

Author:Holly Webb [Holly Webb]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781847155191
Publisher: Stripes Publishing
Published: 2014-07-12T16:00:00+00:00

Sarah laughed sadly. “That doesn’t narrow it down a lot, Maisie. I got picked out of the chorus a year or so ago to take a part in Mermaid Girl, and that led to this show afterwards. A lot of the girls thought it should have been them that got chosen. I hoped they’d come round to the idea, but they still hate me for it. And people like Edward Hart and Millie Morrison, who have the other main parts, they think I’m just a jumped-up chorus girl who got lucky, so they can’t stand me, either!”

Maisie sighed. “Well, at least it’s not a curse, Miss. If it’s just some spiteful dancer, we’ve got a chance of stopping them, haven’t we?” She looked thoughtfully at Sarah in the mirror, as she began to do up the line of tiny buttons. “I might go visiting the chorus dressing room again, Miss. When they’re there, this time.” Her smile widened. “And if I moan a bit about how mean you are, Miss, and how you threw a bottle of scent at me, maybe they’ll tell me things.”

“I did not!” Sarah gasped. “Oh – oh, I see, Maisie. I’m being stupid. You’re very good at this, you know. But not scent. No one would believe that, it’s too expensive. Face powder, maybe.”

“It looks as though you have been throwing the face powder around,” Maisie said sternly, looking at the dressing table. “It’s everywhere, Miss.”

“I’m sorry, Maisie.” Sarah frowned. “I’ll try to keep it tidier. I can’t think how it got like that. I’m sure I didn’t spill it.” She undid the pretty glass jar, and lifted out the powder puff, fluffing it into the loose powder, ready to dab it over her face before she went back on stage.

Maisie watched her, gazing thoughtfully at the drifts of powder scattered over the bench, then she let out a little squeak of dismay and snatched the powder puff, just as Sarah peered into the mirror and held it up to her face. “Don’t!”

“What is it?” Sarah stared at her.

“If you didn’t spill that powder, and I haven’t touched it, then someone else must have been at it, Miss!”

Sarah looked at the little jar in horror. “You think they could have done something to it?” she whispered.

“Very possibly.” Maisie dusted the powder puff lightly across the back of her hand, and then grimaced. “Itching powder. Someone mixed itching powder into the jar, Miss,” she said, holding out her hand. Tiny little red bubbles were already appearing on her skin.

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