Son of the old woman. They may have had a prearranged plan.’ ‘How do you mean?’ asked Dick, looking puzzled. ‘Well – the old woman’s son, Dirty Dick, may have known that when the bells rang out, this...
Rude little man!’ ‘We’d better not look in at any windows we pass,’ said Joe. ‘But I was so surprised to see a window in the tree!’ Beth soon got dry. They climbed up again, and soon had another surpr...
Pale
For anyone to get lost. After about ten minutes
You don’t know what you’re talking about,’ said George, scornfully. ‘Come on, you others!
Of course, you will be missing your old school – what name is it, now – ah, yes – your Measley Manor, is it not?’ A shout of laughter deafened her. ‘Oh, Mam’zelle – you’re priceless!’ almost wept Beli...
It was funny that she should have said that, for Julian chose that moment to begin baaing like a flock of sheep. His one long, bleating baa-baa-aa-aa was taken up by the echoes at once, and it seemed...
I shall go on believing you and trusting you every single time. And one day you'll be strong enough to keep your promise.
I never have bruises like that. I suppose it's being fat that makes them spread so. Won't you look lovely when you go yellow-green? That's one thing about me, said Fatty, I'm a wonderful bruiser. Once...
I don't believe in things like that - fairies or brownies or magic or anything. It's old-fashioned.''Well, we must be jolly old-fashioned then,' said Bessie. 'Because we not only believe in the Farawa...
Fric
Alicia was white. ‘I’m not performing any more tonight,’ she said, in a cold and angry voice. ‘You’re quite stealing the performance yourself, aren’t you, Moira? Wonderful demon queen you’d make, with...
13 Amanda is caught out
Prattle,
Obey
You simply never know about people,’ thought Elizabeth. ‘You think because they’re timid they’ll always be timid, or because they’re mean they’ll always be mean. But they can change awfully quickly if...
THE NEXT day another Secret Seven meeting was held, but this time it was at Colin’s, in his little summer-house. It wasn’t such a good place as Peter’s shed, because it had an open doorway with no doo...
Pretty Sick Dog
I believe anyone could light a cigarette from the sparks that fly from your eyes!
Washed