For the first time in two days Jennifer Jane smiled. Abigail and her parents listened carefully as she explained what had happened during her adventures.
“I don’t know how she does it,” said Abigail, “but whenever that child is really wanted, she always manages to go missing. Not a trace of her anywhere I can reach!”
Lucy and her policeman husband were on a walking holiday in the countryside. They both worked in Smallport and were only too glad to get away from all the noise and bustle once a year.
