“08 - Five Get into Trouble @page { margin-bottom: 5.000000pt; margin-top: 5.000000pt; } 13 Strange secret A curious groaning, whining noise began, as some kind of strong machinery was set working. Julian hurriedly turned the handle back. If it was going to make all that noise, he wasn't going to try his hand at opening the gates! It would bring Mr Perton out of his room in a rush! 'Most ingenious, whatever it is,' thought the boy, examining it as well as he could in the moonlight that streamed ...through the window. He looked round the room again. A noise came to his ears and he stood stil . 'It's somebody snoring,' he thought. 'I'd better not mess about here any more! Where are they sleeping? Somewhere not far from here, that's certain.' He tiptoed cautiously into the next room and looked inside it. It was a lounge, but there was nobody there at al . He couldn't hear the snoring there either. He was puzzled. There didn't seem to be any other room nearby where people could sleep. He went back to the workroom or study.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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