As soon as lunch was over, Pip and Bets flew upstairs, and Pip spread the note out on the table.
“Look there!” he said. “Fatty’s found something marvellous - and he’s guarding it. He wants us all to go down and join him. So we’d better go up to Larry’s and get him and Daisy as soon as we can.”
Bets read the note. Her eyes sparkled with excitement. This sounded too thrilling for words.
“Fatty must have solved the mystery,” she said. “Isn’t he awfully clever?”
“Let’s put on our things and go and fetch Larry and Daisy now,” said Pip. “Fatty will be expecting us as soon as possible. We’ll march up to the front door and knock loudly.”
They put on their things and ran all the way to Larry’s house. They went in at the garden door and whistled for Larry, using the signal they always kept for themselves.
“Here we are, up here,” said Daisy, popping her head out of a room upstairs. “Any news?”
“Yes, heaps,” said Pip, leaping up the stairs two at a time. “We went to call on Fatty this morning, and the maid said he hadn’t been home all night!”
“Goodness!” said Daisy.
“So I went down to Milton House, without Bets or Buster,” said Pip. “And suddenly this letter floated out of a window! It’s from old Fatty.”