Mystery of the Moss-Covered Mansion
“The Resardos hung around, so the others kept their conversation to inconsequential matters.
Finally Antin went off to the grove, presumably to see what fruit might still be saleable. Tina was unusually talkative. She assisted with all the work and even offered to help make the beds.
“Thank you but that won’t be necessary,” Hannah Gruen told her.
She was as eager as the girls to hear what Nancy had worked out on the code message. She kept Mrs. Resardo on the first floor, however, so the rest cou...ld go upstairs and talk out of earshot.
They gathered in Nancy’s bedroom. Bess, bursting with curiosity, asked, “Nancy, did you finish the coded message?”
“Yes,” she replied, and took a sheet of paper from her handbag. The others crowded around to see it.
“Does that sound innocent enough?” she asked her father.
“Very good, my dear,” he replied. “I see you have underlined the vital words.” He read it aloud: “‘Meet round ship museum Monday twelve.’ ”
“Where is that?”MoreLess
Finally Antin went off to the grove, presumably to see what fruit might still be saleable. Tina was unusually talkative. She assisted with all the work and even offered to help make the beds.
“Thank you but that won’t be necessary,” Hannah Gruen told her.
She was as eager as the girls to hear what Nancy had worked out on the code message. She kept Mrs. Resardo on the first floor, however, so the rest cou...ld go upstairs and talk out of earshot.
They gathered in Nancy’s bedroom. Bess, bursting with curiosity, asked, “Nancy, did you finish the coded message?”
“Yes,” she replied, and took a sheet of paper from her handbag. The others crowded around to see it.
“Does that sound innocent enough?” she asked her father.
“Very good, my dear,” he replied. “I see you have underlined the vital words.” He read it aloud: “‘Meet round ship museum Monday twelve.’ ”
“Where is that?”MoreLess
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