Part 16 prisoners the words to be introduced before listening.0:08
A bunk to be fed up to drum.0:15
He must have caught sight on Daznobiza.0:25
Quick, hide under that bunk thing and I'll hide under this, whispered Peter in panic.0:33
He and Colin crawled underneath and pulled the hangings over them.0:41
They waited there, trembling.0:46
Two men came into the caravan and one of them lit a lamp.0:49
Each sat down on a bunk.0:55
Peter could see nothing of them but their feet and ankles.0:58
And then Peter got a shock.1:03
The man on the bunk opposite had pulled up his trousers and there on his feet were the blue socks with the faint red lines running down each side.1:05
To think he was sitting opposite the man who must be the thief.1:17
And he couldn't even see his face to know who it was.1:22
Im clearing out tonight, said one man.1:29
I'm fed up with this show and I'm afraid of the police.1:33
I'm sure they will come along sooner or later.1:37
You're always frightened, said the man with the socks.1:43
Let me know when it's safe to bring you the pearls.1:48
They can stay where they are for months if necessary.1:51
Sure they'll be all right?1:55
The man with the socks laughed and said a most peculiar thing.2:00
The lions will see to that, he said.2:06
Peter and Colin listened, frightened and puzzled.2:11
It was clear that the thief was there, the man with the socks whose face they couldn't see.2:15
And it was also quite clear that he had hidden the pearls away for the time being and that the first man had got frightened and was leaving.2:21
You can say I'm feeling too sick to go on again in the ring tonight, said the first man after a pause.2:32
I'll go now, I think, while everyone's in the ring.2:40
Get the horse, will you?2:44
The man with the socks went down the steps.2:47
Peter and Colin wanted the other fellow to go too.2:51
Then perhaps they could escape.2:55
He sat there drumming on something with his fingers.3:00
It was clear that he felt nervous and frightened.3:04
There were sounds of a horse outside.3:09
Then the man with the socks called up the steps, all set.3:12
Come on out and drive.3:17
The man got up and went out of the caravan and he locked the door.3:20
Then he went quietly round to the front of the van and climbed up to the driving seat.3:25
I say, whispered Colin, this is awful.3:33
Yes, what a bit of bad luck, said Peter, getting out from his very uncomfortable hiding place.3:41
And did you notice, Colin, that one of the men had those socks on.3:50
He's the thief and he's the one we've left behind.3:55
We've learnt a lot, said Colin.4:02
We know the pearls are somewhere in the circus.4:06
What did he mean about the lions?4:10
Goodness knows, said Peter.4:14
Unless he's put them into the lion's cage and hidden them somewhere there under one of the boards, I expect.4:17
Well have to escape somehow, said Colin.4:28
Could we get out of a window, do you think?4:30
The boys looked cautiously out of the window at the front, trying to see where they were.4:35
The caravan came to a bright street lamp at that moment, and Peter gave Colin a sharp push.4:41
That fellow who's driving the caravan has got on the tweed coat that matches the old cap we found up in the tree.4:52
It must be the fellow we saw painting the outside of the lion's cage.5:01
Yes, and probably the thief borrowed his cap to wear, saying that they live in the same caravan, said Colin.5:08
That makes one of the bits of jigsaw pieces fit into the picture.5:17
Anyway, they tried the windows.5:21
Colin made a noise trying to open the window, and the driver looked back sharply into the van.5:27
He must have caught sight of the face of one of the boys by the light of a street lamp, for he at once stopped the horse, jumped down and ran round to the back of the van.5:35
Now we're for it, said Peter in despair.5:51
He's unlocking the door.5:58
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