The Secret of Zanzibar (2012)
“‘Didn’t I help you escape a few weeks ago? What on earth are you doing back here?’ He did a double take. ‘And this time there are three of you.’ ‘We came back for Tom,’ Alex told him. ‘He was in the dungeon.’ ‘Is that right? I suppose that means you’re responsible for all that fuss and bother yesterday. Guards trampling my petunias … and you should see the state of the pansies!’ The gardener regarded them all sourly. ‘I don’t care if you came back to rescue your friend or to wish Lester howdy-doody – what you’re doing in my potting shed now is the question.’ Alex looked embarrassed. ‘Well, the thing is, we were hoping you might help us escape again. The same way as last time.’ The gardener pushed back his battered brown hat and scratched his forehead. ‘Do you kids have anything to do with that protest next week Cook was telling me about? Zanzibar’s protest?’ ‘She told you about it?’ Alice said, her heart lifting at the thought that Cook was spreading the word, just as they’d asked her... to in the note they’d left when they fled her house.MoreLess
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