"Turps?" he said. "What do you want turps for? It's kept in the other shed — on the shelf — I'll show you. But what do you want it for?"
Luke led the boys into the other shed, where Daisy and Bets were. He pointed to a shelf on which various bottles and tins stood. "It's there somewhere," he said.
The children looked. They picked up one bottle after another and sniffed it. But there was no turpentine at all.
"We've already looked, anyway," said Daisy.
Luke was puzzled. "It was there," he said. "I saw it myself yesterday. Where's it gone?"
Fatty began to feel excited, though he didn't quite know why.
"We've got to find that bottle," he said.
"Why?" asked Daisy.
"Don't know," said Fatty. "But we've got to. It's gone. Maybe it's been hidden away. We've got to find it."
"I bet old Buster could find it for us," said Fatty.