Part 20 the end of the Adventure the words to be introduced before listening A glance by Stryves Glat accompanied,0:14
alarmed to search to purr a water trough Anxiously an exclamation.0:28
A tool instrument, a belt.0:49
Slight nyezna cicilni slabi to roar with laughter.0:57
Louis stared at them all.1:09
You're mad, he said, asking me to pull up my trousers and bend over.1:12
And now you start talking about pearls.1:19
I don't know anything about pearls.1:24
Oh, yes, you do, said the inspector.1:28
We know all about you, Louis.1:31
You took your stilts to get over that high wall, didn't you?1:34
The one that goes round Milton Manor.1:39
And you got the pearls and came back to the wall.1:42
Up you got onto your stilts again, and there you were, nicely on top, ready to jump down the other side.1:46
Don't know what you're talking about, mumbled Louis.1:55
But he had gone very pale.1:59
I'll refresh your memory a little more then, said the inspector.2:01
You left stilt marks behind you.2:07
And this cap on a high branch.2:10
And this bit of wool from one of your socks.2:12
You also left your stilts behind you in the middle of a holly bush.2:16
Now, you didn't do all those things for nothing.2:21
Where are those pearls?2:25
Find them yourself, said Louis.2:29
Maybe my brother's gone off with them in the caravan.2:32
But he left the pearls here, he said.2:37
So, said Peter suddenly.2:40
I was in the caravan when you were talking together.2:43
Louis gave Peter an angry glance.2:48
And you said the pearls would be safe with the lions, said Peter.2:54
Well, well, said the inspector.3:05
We'll make a few inquiries from the lions themselves.3:08
So, accompanied by all the children and the two policemen, and also by about 30 interested circus people, and by the little bear who had somehow got free and was walking about in delight.3:14
The inspector went over to the big lion's cage.3:29
He called for the lion keeper.3:33
He came, astonished and rather alarmed.3:36
Ricardo, replied the man.3:44
Well, Mr. Ricardo, we have reason to believe that your lions are keeping a pearl necklace somewhere about their cage or their persons.3:48
Ricardo's eyes nearly fell out of his head.3:58
He stared at the inspector as if he couldn't believe his ear.4:02
Open the cage and go in and search, said the Inspector.4:07
Search for a pearl necklace, anywhere that pearls could be hidden.4:12
Ricardo unlocked the cage, still looking too astonished for words.4:18
The lions watched him come in, and one of them suddenly purred like a cat.4:24
But much more loudly.4:30
He turned, puzzled to the watching people.4:33
Sir, he said, you can see that this cage is bare except for the lions, and they could not hide pearls.4:38
Peter was watching Louis face.4:48
Louis was looking at the big water trough very anxiously indeed.4:50
Peter spoke to the inspector.4:57
Tell him to examine the water trough, he said.5:00
Ricardo went over to it.5:05
He picked it up and emptied out the water.5:08
Turn it upside down, called the inspector.5:12
Ricardo did so, and then he gave an exclamation.5:15
It has a false bottom.5:21
See, sir, this should not be here.5:25
He showed everyone the extra bottom.5:29
Then he took a tool from his belt and something fell out to the floor of the cage.5:33
Shouted all the children at once, and the lions looked up in alarm at the noise.5:41
Ricardo passed the pearls through the bars of the cage and then turned to calm his lions.5:48
The little bear, who was now by Janet, grunted in fear when he heard the lion snarling.5:56
Janet tried to lift him up, but she couldn't.6:03
Very satisfactory, said the inspector, putting the magnificent necklace into his pocket.6:07
The children heard a slight noise and turned to see Louis being marched firmly away by the two policemen.6:15
He passed a clothesline and there again were the blue socks that had helped to give him away.6:24
Come along, said the Inspector, having the seven children in front of him.6:32
We'll all go and see Lady Lucy Thomas and you shall tell her the story of your latest adventure from beginning to end.6:38
She'll want to reward you, so I hope you'll have some good ideas.6:48
Janet, I suppose, said Janet, looking down at the little bear still beside her.6:53
I suppose she wouldn't give me a little bear, would she?7:01
One like this, but smaller, so that I could lift him up.7:05
Pam would like one too, I know.7:10
The Inspector roared with laughter.7:13
Ask for bears or anything you like.7:18
A whole circus if you want it.7:21
I really don't know what I should do without the help of the SSS you'll help me again in the future, won't you?7:25
Rather, said the seven at once.7:34
And you may be sure they will.7:38
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