The Enchanted Castle by E. Nesbit Ch 4 Free Kids Audiobook Magic Fantasy Fiction.
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the enchanted castle by e nesbit recorded by peter eastman chapter four
the difficulty was not only that gerald had got the ring on and couldn't get it off and was therefore invisible but that mabel who had been invisible and therefore possible to be smuggled into the house was now plain to be seen and impossible for smuggling purposes the children would have not only to account for the apparent absence of one of themselves but for the obvious presence of a perfect stranger i can't go back to aunt i can't and i won't said mabel firmly not if i was visible 20 times over she'd smell a rat if you did gerald owned about the motor car i mean and the adopting lady and what where to say to mademoiselle about you he tugged at the ring suppose you told the truth said mabel meaningly she wouldn't believe it said kathy or if she did she'd go stark staring raving mad no said gerald's voice we daren't tell her but she's really rather decent let's ask her to let you stay the night because it's too late for you to get home that's all right said jimmy but what about you i shall go to bed said gerald with a bad headache oh that's not a lie i've got one right enough it's the sun i think i know black lead attracts the concentration of the sun more likely the pears in the gingerbread said jimmy unkindly well let's get along i wish it was me was invisible i'd do something different from going to bed with a silly headache i know that what would you do asked the voice of gerald just behind him do keep in one place you silly cuckoo said jimmy you make me feel all jumpy he had indeed jumped rather violently here walk between kathy and me what would you do repeated gerald from that apparently unoccupied position i'd be a burglar said jimmy kathy and mabel in one breath reminded him how wrong bergling was and jimmy replied well then a detective there's got to be something to detect before you can begin detectiving said mabel detectives don't always detect things said jimmy very truly if i couldn't be any other kind i'd be a baffled detective you could be one alright and have no end of larks just the same why don't you do it it's exactly what i am going to do said gerald we'll go round by the police station and see what they've got in the way of crimes they did and read the notices on the board outside two dogs had been lost a purse and a portfolio of papers of no value to any but the owner also hodan grange had been broken into and a quantity of silver plate stolen 20 pounds reward offered for any information that may lead to the recovery of the missing property that burglars my lay said gerald i'll detect that here comes johnson he added he's going off duty ask him about it the fell detective being invisible was unable to pump the constable but the younger brother of her hero made the inquiries in quite a creditable manner be credible jimmy jimmy hailed the constable hello johnson he said and johnson replied hello young shaver shaver yourself said jimmy but without malice what are you doing this time of night the constable asked chuck hostly all the little dickie birds has gone to their little nestesses we've been to the fair said kathleen there was a conjurer there i wish you could have seen him heard about him said johnson all fake you know the quickness of the and deceives the high such is fame gerald standing in the shadow jingled the loose money in his pocket to console himself that the policeman asked quickly our money jingling said jimmy with perfect truth it's well to be some people johnson remarked wish i got my pockets full to jingle with well why haven't you asked mabel why don't you get that 20 pounds reward i'll tell you why i don't because in this year realm of liberty...