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CONTENTS

STOR Y INTRODUCTION

1 A night out at Maxim's 1

2 A visit from the police 12

3 Wendy's story 21

4 Another birthday present 34

GLOSSAR Y 41

ACTIVITIES: Befare Reading 44

ACTIVITIES: While Reading 45

ACTIVITIES: After Reading 48

ABOUT THE AUTHOR 52

ABOUT THE BOOKWORMS LIBRARY 53

Chapter 1

A night out at Maxim's

Jennifer looked at the dock on the waiting-room wall. Nearly half-past eight. The light was still on in Doctor

Gibson's room. l'm going to be late, she said to herself, why doesn't he hurry up? The evening surgery was always

busy on Thursdays but tonight was worse than usual.

She quickly put the newspapers in a cupboard. Then she took off her white coat and locked it in the cupboard too.

She was turning off the lights when someone rang the front

doorbell. Oh no, not another patient, not at this hour. She

ran to the door and opened it. Outside it was dark but she

could see a man, his hands deep in his pockets. He moved

his head and the light fell on his face.

'Richard!' she cried in surprise.

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'Richard!' she cried in surprise. 'What are you doing here?'

'Can 1 come in for a minute?'

He did not wait for an answer but pushed past her and went inside. Jennifer turned to him. She was usua11y pleased when Richard ca11ed, but this was the wrong time. 'I'm sorry, but you can't stay. 1 must hurry. I'm meeting my friend Claire for dinner and ... ' She stopped. It was Richard's eyes- they looked tired and worried.

'What's the matter?' she asked.

Just then Dr Gibson ca11ed from his room. 'Did 1 hear the doorbe11, Nurse? Was it another patient?'

'No, it's only my brother Richard,' she ca11ed back. She turned back to Richard. 'ls something wrong?' she

asked again.

He shook his head. 'I'm fine,' he said. 'lt's just ... we11, 1 had sorne trouble at work.'

'Trouble?'

'It was nothing, rea11y. 1 said something to m y boss and he didn't like it. He got angry with me and ... and in the end he told meto go. So l've lost my job.'

'Oh Richard, not again! Why do you do these things?' Jennifer was beginning to feel cross with him. 'And now you have no money, is that it?'

'Take it easy, Jenny. 1 don't need very much. Only twenty pounds. 1'11 pay you back next week- rea11y 1 will.' He put his hand on her arm. 'Y o u can do that forme, can't you? Just twenty pounds. lt's for a present.'

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'Y es, 1 know, 1 know. A present for a very special girllike the last one. And the one befo re.' J ennifer knew her young brother we11 and she was often angry with him, but she could never say no to him. She opened her bag, took out sorne money and gave it to him. 'But remember, 1 want

it back next week.' Richard smiled and put his arm around his sister.

'Thanks, Jenny. This is different. Rea11y! She's very, very

special. But you're in a hurry so 1'11 go now.' 'Don't forget,' she ca11ed after him. 'Next week. Twenty

pounds.'

]ennifer opened her bag, took out some money and gave it to him.

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Everyone began to sing 'Happy birthday to you'.

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Maxim's restaurant was busy - young men and women from offices, several older people, a group of students, and a few theatre people. Jennifer looked around for her friend. Claire usually sat near the window but tonight she was not there. Somebody was having a party and all the tables on that side were full. Then Jennifer heard Claire's voice behind her. 'Did yo u get lost? I've been here for hours.'

'1 know I'm late,' Jennifer said, 'and 1 am sorry. Today has been really busy. The last patient didn't leave until eight-thirty. And then 1 had a visit from Richard. He wanted to borrow sorne money. He always wants to

borrow money.' They went to an empty table. A waiter carne up to them

and took their orders. At that moment there was a cheer from the party beside the window. An older man in a light grey suit was standing up. He spoke for a few minutes and then held up his glass. All the others stood up, and looked at a young girl with large gold ear-rings, who was sitting in the chair next to him. Everyone was laughing, and then they began to sing 'Happy birthday to yo u'. They were all looking at the girl, but she herself just sat there without a smile on her face. The song carne to an end, and there was another loud cheer and more laughing and shouting. Someone called out 'Twenty-one today, twenty-one toda y .. .', and this time everyone in the restaurant sang too.

Suddenly there was a loud crash. Then someone screamed and a voice shouted, 'Bring a towel - quickly.'

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A waiter ran up with a towel.

The man in the grey suit was lying across the table. He was holding his face, which was red with blood. On the table there was broken glass.

Someone said in a loud voice, 'What happened - did he fall?' Several people were speaking at the same time. 'It's

his heart, you know ... ' 'Joe's been in and out of hospital for years ... ' ' ... his head hit those glasses'.

The man was stilllying across the table. Jennifer jumped up, and both she and Claire ran over to him.

'We're nurses,' said Jennifer. 'Can we help ?'

There was a cut on the side of the man's face. It was deep and he was losing a lot of blood. A waiter ran up with a towel. Jennifer took it and held it to the cut. The man's mouth was open and he was making strange noises.

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'He needs a doctor. We'll have to get him to hospital,' Jennifer said. She turned to Claire. 'You carne here in your car, didn't you?'

'Y es, come on- we'll take him,' Claire replied. They helped the man outside and put him in Claire's car.

Jennifer jumped in beside him and they drove off. She was still holding the towel to the man's face. The blood was not coming so fast now and he was beginning to feel a little better.

'Where ... where are we going?' he asked. 'Are you taking me home?'

'Just stay there and don't speak,' Jennifer told him. 'You fell and hurt yourself. Y ou'll be all right, but yo u must see a doctor. We'll be at the hospital in a few minutes.'

At the word 'hospital' the man immediately tried to sit up. 'No, no,' he said angrily, '1 don't need to go to hospital. I'm feeling better now. Just take me home. And who are you?'

'I'm a nurse,' Jennifer told him. 'And you need to see a doctor. We're nearly there now. Just sit still - and stop talking.'

But the man was feeling stronger now and he would not be quiet. He pulled at Jennifer's arm and said loudly, '1 don't need a doctor. It's justa small cut on my face. I'm all

right now. Take me home!' When Jennifer did not answer him, he said in a quieter voice. 'Come on now - listen to me. I'm feeling fine, really 1 am. There's no need to take me to hospital. They'll want to keep me there - they always

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'I don't need to go to hospital,' he said angrily.

do, beca use of my bad heart. Y ou see, I ha ve to meet sorne

business people the day after tomorrow - it's very important. So just stop the car and 1 can get a taxi home.'

By now the car was at the door of the hospital. A nurse

carne to meet them and while Claire told her about the accident, Jennifer helped the man out of the car. He said

something angrily to the nurse, but after a few seconds he

went with her into the hospital. Jennifer and Claire drove away.

'What a difficult man!' said Claire crossly. 'No "Thank you for your help" or "You're very kind" .'

'Sorne people never say thank you,' Jennifer said.

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'Don't worry about it.'

When they got back to Maxim's, a police car was standing outside, with its blue light on. There was a small

group of people around the door. Jennifer pushed through them, Claire behind her. They tried to go inside. A

poli cernan moved forward and put up his arm. 'Y ou'll have to wait here,' he told them.

'But we ordered dinner ... and we haven't eaten yet,' said Claire.

But the policeman was not listening to them. He was

looking through the glass door. Something was happening

inside and people were moving about. Then one of

Maxim's waiters opened the door and two policemen

carne out. They were holding a young girl between them. It was the girl from the birthday party, the girl with the

unhappy face and the expensive gold ear-rings. The police

pushed her into the back of their car and drove away quickly.

Jennifer and Claire looked at each other. What an

evening! They waited two or three minutes, but the

restaurant door was closed now and the policeman was standing in front of it again.

Neither of them felt hungry any more. They walked

slowly towards the car. Claire was the first to speak.

'Come on, Jenny, let's enjoy ourselves - we're having a night out.' Jennifer did not speak.

Claire went on, 'Do you remember Maxim's little song on TV?' She began to sing:

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It was the girl with the unhappy face and the expensive gold ear-rings.

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Come where the music's wonderful, Come where the food is fine. Let's all meet at Maxim's, We'll have a wonderful time.

She stopped. Jennifer was not pleased. 'All this is not really my idea of a wonderful time,' she said. 'I'm tired and 1 wanted a nice quiet evening, a good meal, and an early night.'

'Come on,' Claire replied. 'Let's go to another restaurant.' 'No, let's leave it till next week. 1'11 just walk home

now.'

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Jennifer walked slowly home. She felt unhappy and worried- worried about her young brother, Richard. She remembered his visit to the surgery earlier that evening. He was always in and out of jobs, and never had any money. A year ago he had a little trouble with the police, but Richard did not worry about it. He never worried about anything! He just laughed, and carne to Jennifer to ask for more money. Both their parents were dead, and there were no other brothers or sisters. So Jennifer, fifteen years older than Richard, worried about her brother a lot.

She went past a jewellery shop with its lights on, and stopped to look in the window for a minute. She saw sorne ear-rings and then remembered the gold ear-rings on the girl at Maxim's. They were large and looked very expensive - and they looked all wrong next to that small

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unhappy face. Where did she get them? Jennifer smiled to herself. Perhaps the police were asking that question now.

Chapter 2

A visit from the po/ice

Jennifer did not sleep well that night. She woke up feeling tired and unhappy. When she arrived at Dr Gibson's surgery, she looked into the waiting-room. lt was nearly full. Another bus y morning, she said to herself. J ust then she heard the doctor's car outside. He hurried in and went into his room.

Three hours later he finished with his last patient. Jennifer brought a cup of coffee and put it on Dr Gibson's desk. He said thanks and she turned to go.

'Er- just a minute,' he called after her, 'I want a word with yo u.' He sounded a little cross. 'There was a phone call for yo u this morning - about an hour ago. Y o u were busy at the time so I answered it.'

'Oh, who was it?'

'Let me see - I wrote it clown somewhere.' He began to move the papers on his desk. 'She said that she was a friend of your brother's.'

'M y brother? But why did she want me?'

'Ah, here it is.' He gave Jennifer a piece of paper. On it

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was a name- Wendy. 'She didn't leave a number. She'll call you again at home.'

Jennifer looked at the name. Wendy? ... Wendy who? she asked herself.

'Thank you, Dr Gibson,' she said.

'And tell her, please, no phone calls during surgery hours.'

'I'm sorry. It won't happen again.' Jennifer wanted to explain that she did not know this Wendy but decided not to. A few minutes later Dr Gibson shouted goodbye to her and Jennifer was alone. She knew a few of Richard's friends but nobody called Wendy. But Richard changed his girl friends as often as his shirts! Jennifer did not try to remember all their names.

At the end of the day Jennifer arrived at her flat and was going up the stairs when she heard voices above. Two men were standing outside her door. One of them carne up to her. 'Miss Walton?' he asked. 'My name's Detective Barrett. I'd like to ask you a few questions, please. Can we come in?'

She turned the key in the lock and pushed open the door, and all three of them went inside and sat clown.

'It's about Mr Richard Walton. He's your brother, I think,' Barrett began. He spoke softly but he had a hard voice, cold and unfriendly, and his light blue eyes never left Jennifer's face. 'When did you last see him?'

Jennifer told him.

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Two men were standing outside her door.

'And befare that?'

'I'm not sure- about three or four weeks ago.'

Those light blue eyes were still on her. She was beginning to feel uncomfortable.

'You didn't see him last weekend, then?' 'No.'

'Try to remember- did he come here last Saturday? In the evening?'

'No.'

'Y ou're sur e?'

'Y es, of course I'm sure.'

Barrett's voice became a little louder. 'You didn't meet him in sorne other place? At the airport perhaps?'

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'No, 1 didn't. I haven't seen him for nearly a month, I tell you. Untillast night, I mean.'

'Last night ... ' Barrett said after her. 'Tell us more

about last night. Y o u too k a man to hospital ... from Maxim's restaurant.'

'Y es.'

'A friend of yours?'

'1 never saw him in my life before. He fell and hurt himself. They said that he had a bad heart so I went to the hospital with him. That's all.'

'Y ou never saw him before? You surprise me, Miss

Walton.' Barrett was watching her carefully. 'You didn't

know that he was Mr Joe Kelly, your brother's boss?' 'No, I didn't.'

'Really? You didn't know him? Very strange, don't you think?'

All these questions - she was feeling angry now. She

stood up and went across to Barrett. 'Look, Detective

Barrett, I'm getting tired of this. What's it all about? You want me to answer your questions and you don't tell me

why. What's the matter- I want to know. Is Richard in trouble?'

Barrett held up his hands. 'All right, take it easy.' He

gave a little smile but his eyes were cold and he was still

looking hard at Jennifer. The other detective said something quietly to Barrett. Then Barrett went on, 'Y our

brother- what do you know about his girl friend?' 'His girl friend?'

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'Y es, Wendy. He works with her at Joe Kelly's.'

Wendy! The mystery telephone call at the surgery that morning! Jennifer tried to hide her surprise. She looked first at Barrett, then at the other man. Then she said coldly, 'Richard doesn't talk tome about his girl friends.'

'He's told you about Wendy, I'm sure. They're very friendly, the two of them. They went to Germany

together.' He turned to the other man. 'Last weekend, wasn't it?'

The second detective moved a little nearer and spoke

quietly to Barrett. 'She doesn't know anything about this. You'll have to explain it to her.'

Barrett turned to Jennifer again. 'We're looking for sorne stolen jewellery, from Germany. And we believe that

your brother knows something about it. Y o u won't like

this, Miss Walton, but your brother works for a criminal,

Barrett was watching her carefully.

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a thief, and one of these days he's going to find himself in trouble.'

'But my brother lost his job yesterday. He told me last night. So he doesn't work for this man any more.'

Barrett smiled. 'Perhaps he doesn't ... or perhaps he wants people to think that he doesn't work for Kelly.' He

went on. 'If you don't want to see your brother in prison,

tell him to keep away from Kelly. And from beautiful young girls like Wendy.'

Jennifer looked at him and said nothing.

Barrett stood up. He looked at the other man and they

both moved to the door. Jennifer followed and opened it for them.

'Good night, Miss Walton. Thanks for your help.'

They walked to the top of the stairs. Jennifer waited for a few seconds, then went inside and closed the door.

Oh Richard, she thought. What is happening? What are you doing? Why can't you stay out of trouble?

She telephoned Richard's flat, but there was no answer.

So she went to bed, and worried half the night about her young brother.

The next day, Saturday, she worked only in the morning.

When Dr Gibson's surgery finished, she went home to

have lunch. Then she planned to go round to Richard's flat and talk to him. But when she got into her flat, the

telephone was ringing. She ran across the room and answered it.

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'Helio, is that ]ennifer Walton?'

'Helio, is that Jennifer Walton?' someone asked. lt was a girl's voice.

'Y es, Jennifer here. Who's speaking?'

The caller was silent for a second or two, then said, 'Y o u don't know me, but I'm a friend of your brother's. Are you free just now? 1 need to see you. It's important.' She went on quickly. 'I'm just round the comer from your flat. Can 1 come up? 1'11 be there in three minutes.' And she put the phone clown.

Jennifer was waiting at the door when her visitar

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arrived. She looked at her in surprise. She knew that face. It was the young girl from Maxim's, but without the gold ear-rings toda y.

The girl was also surprised. '1 saw you at Maxim's on Thursday night,' she said. 'You took Joe Kelly to hospital. Are youJennifer, Richard's sister?'

'Y es,' said Jennifer. She looked at her visitar, and began to put two and two together. 'And you must be Wendy.'

'Y es,' the girl said.

Jennifer stood back, and the girl went inside. They sat clown and Jennifer looked at the girl coldly. So this was Richard's girl friend ... who worked for the criminal, Joe Kelly. She had a beautiful little face and looked very unhappy, but Jennifer did not want to like her.

'What do you want to see me about?' she asked. 'lt's difficult to explain,' the girl began. She looked

unhappily at Jennifer's unfriendly face. 'You see, Richard has told me about you. He says that you're very kind ... you always help him. He gave me your phone numbers and said ... ' She stopped, and Jennifer waited. 'He said that 1 could ask you for help.'

Jennifer smiled to herself. Always the kind big sister, she thought. She looked at the girl's small, worried face.

'Well, go on, then,' she said more kindly. 'T ell me all about it. 1 hope that Richard's not in trouble.'

'You see, 1 work for Joe Kelly,' Wendy began. She talked for a long time, andJennifer listened carefully.

This was Wendy's story.

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'Tell me all about it,' ]ennifer said.

Chapter 3

Wendy's story

Kelly is not a nice man, and l've never liked him. l've worked for

him for a year now. My father got the job for me - he told me

to work hard and not to ask questions. Kelly often gets angry,

and when he's angry, he shouts at everyone and his face goes

very red. l'm afraid of him, but 1 don't want to lose my job. 1

need the money and it's not easy to find another job.

Richard started work at Kelly's about a month ago. We're

good friends, but we don't talk much about our jobs. Nobody at

Kelly's talks about the work. We don't really know what his

business is. He has two garages in the town and he buys and sells

old cars. But he also buys and sells a lot of other things, too -

furniture, old pictures, jewellery. 1 think that some of these things

are stolen, but 1 don't ask questions.

Ten days ago Kelly called me into his office. 1 stood there and

waited. He began to say something to me, but he stopped and

looked down at his papers. Then he took out his diary and

openedit.

'Wendy, what are you doing next weekend?'

'l'm not su re, Mr Kelly.'

'How would you like to go on a little business trip? 1'11 pay you

for it, of course.'

This surprised me, and 1 did not reply immediately. Then 1

said, 'A business trip, Mr Kelly?'

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'Y es, to Germany ... just for the da y. lt isn't a difficult job but

it's important. What do you say?'

1 did not know much about Mr Kelly's business, but 1 did know

that there was something strange about these journeys to other

countries. They happened every two or three months, and after

them there were secret meetings in the office, often late in the

evening. 1 decided that 1 did not want to go.

'But ... but l've never been to Germany. Don't you think ...

well, perhaps you can as k one of the others.'

'l'm asking you, Wendy. 1 said that it was important and 1 want

you todo it.' 1 began to say something but he was still speaking. '1

have friends in Frankfurt and they want to send me some things.

They'll give you three small boxes, like egg boxes, and you'll

bring them back here. There's nothing difficult about that, is there?'

1 didn't say anything.

'Are you listening tome, Wendy?' he asked. '1 need you todo

this job for me.' His voice was getting louder now.

1 looked him in the face. 'l'm ... l'm sorry, Mr Kelly. l've just

remembered. l'm busy next weekend. 1 can't do it.'

He jumped up and his chair fell back. 'Now, just you listen to

me, young woman. You work for me, remember that. l'm the

person who pays yo u.' He caught m y arm and shook me. 'This

time l'm telling you, not asking you. You'll go to Frankfurt or

there'll be trouble. You will leave on the first plane on Saturday

morning and come back the same evening. With the three

boxes. And don't saya word to anyone, do you understand?'

Then he walked out.

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'You'll go to Frankfurt, or there'll be trouble.'

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1 didn't sleep much that night. Or the next. 1 wanted to tell

Richard but he was out of town on another of Kelly's jobs. What

could 1 do? 1 was afraid, and Kelly knew that 1 was afraid. He did

not speak about it again but on Friday he called me into his office

and gave me my plane ticket and some money. There was no

escape.

Saturday morning came, and 1 went to the airport. While 1

was waiting there, 1 heard my name. 1 knew that voice

immediately. 1 turned round. 'Richard!' 1 cried. 'Oh Richard, l'm

so pleased to see you. But what are you doing here?'

'While I was waiting there, I heard my name.'

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'!'m coming with you. T o Frankfurt. Kelly told me to. Look,

here's my ticket.'

'Yo u mean ... Wait a minute. What did Kelly tell yo u?'

Richard was smiling. 'He told me to come with you, that's al!.

T o stay with you . . . you know, on the plane . . . and in

Frankfurt.'

1 began to understand. 'He told you to watch me, you mean.'

When we were on the plane, Richard asked me about my

work at Kelly's. He knew very little about Kelly's business and he

knew very little about our trip to Frankfurt. 1 told him about the

'egg' boxes and why 1 was afraid. 'The boxes are small, Kelly said,

so 1 think it's jewellery,' 1 told Richard. 'And 1 think ... 1 think it's

stolen jewellery.'

Then Richard got very angry, and said, 'Kelly can't send you on

a job like this. Why doesn't he go himself?'

'But that's it, Richard. lt's easier for a girl - Kelly knows that.

He's clever, you know. But he thinks l'm afraid. So he's sent you

to watch me.'

For a time Richard just sat there, and thought. After a while he

turned to me. 'Y ou're not going to do it - you're not going to

carry stolen jewellery for that man. Leave it to me. 1'11 think of

something, of some plan.' Then he was silent again.

When we arrived in Frankfurt, we went to a hotel for

breakfast. Then Richard went off to buy a newspaper, and after

that we sat around for about half an hour.

We had to meet Kelly's friends outside the hotel. When we

walked out of the door, two men were waiting for us in a white

Mercedes. We drove through the busy streets of the city and

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At that minute the door opened and three or four policemen ran in.

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then into the country. Some time later we stopped at an old

house with trees all around it. We all went inside and the men

took us into a dark room at the back and left us there. lt was

cold and Richard gave me his coat. He was smiling quietly to

himself.

We waited there in silence. In another room people were

talking. We could hear their voices. Then the driver of the

Mercedes came and took us upstairs. A short man in a dark

green shirt was sitting ata desk. In front of him on the desk were

three boxes. He was playing with a pen and watching us

carefully. Richard spoke to him in German. 1 did not understand,

but 1 heard Kelly's name and the man in the green shirt began to

say something.

All at once there were noises outside, the sound of cars and

voices and people running. The man jumped up from his desk

and pulled a gun out of his pocket. He tried to get to the

window but at that minute the door opened and three or four

policemen ran in and jumped on him. There was a fight, but the

police got his gun from him and held him on the floor. An older

man arrived, a police inspector with grey hair, and began to give

orders to the policemen. He called across the room to Richard

and me in very good English, 'Are you all right? They didn't hurt

you, did they?'

He gave some more orders and then he came across to

Richard and held out his hand. 'Well done, young man. 1 must

thank you for your help.' He turned tome. 'And thank you too.

You've done very well, both of you. lt's been a good day's work

for all of us.'

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1 looked at Richard and he gave me a little smile. 'What does

he mean?' 1 asked, but Richard did not answer.

The inspector then explained to me. 'Your friend phoned us

this morning from your hotel. After that it was easy. We just

waited near the hotel for the white Mercedes and then followed

it here.'

The inspector took us back into Frankfurt in his car and when

we arrived there, we went at once to his office. He ordered

coffee for us and while we were waiting for it, he said, 'Y ou've

helped us a lot already but we need your help with one more

thing. There's still Mr Kelly ... and his friends. We have a plan for

them.' Oh yes, he knew all aboutjoe Kelly.

He brought out the three boxes and put them on the table in

front of us. Then he said, 'We would like you to take these back

to England with you.'

'W e would like yo u to take these back to England with yo u.'

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Richard and llooked at him in surprise.

The inspector waited for a minute and then went on, 'Y ou

don't need to be afraid. Perhaps you're thinking about the British

police, is that it? Everything will be all right. 1 will speak to Chief

Superintendent Edwards in London, and there'll be no trouble

for you. Now listen carefully.' He went on. 'just give the

jewellery to Kelly. He won't know about the "accident" to his

German friends, and you must not tell anybody about it, or

about our conversation today. That's very important. The British

police will watch Kelly and wait. Do you understand?'

This plan sounded dangerous to me but Richard said, 'Y es, of

course we'll do it, won't we, Wendy?' Richard is not afraid of

Kelly, you see.

So we brought the boxes back with us on the Saturday

evening plane from Frankfurt. We did not get back until nearly

midnight but we took the boxes at once to Kelly's house. He

told us to wait and then went into another room. When he

came back, he was very happy. He put his hand in his pocket and

took out some gold ear-rings. 'These are for you, Wendy- for

your birthday next Thursday.'

'No, Mr Kelly, no, you mustn't. 1 can'ttake them, really 1 can't.'

'Of course you can,' Kelly laughed. 'You've worked hard for

them. And we must have a party for you. Let's get some people

together on Thursday night. Where would you like to go? T o

the Ritz? Or perhaps a disco? No, 1 know ... ', and he began to

sing:

Let's all meet at Maxim's,

We'll have a wonderful time.

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'These are for you, Wendy- for your birthday,' said Kelly.

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Wendy's story

1 told him three times that 1 didn't want a party but he didn't

want to listen. He was too pleased with himself. 'Oh, yes,

Wendy. We must have a party. And you must wear the ear

rings. Then 1'11 know you're my good little girl.' His mouth was

smiling but his eyes were cold.

Richard said quietly in my ear, 'just agree with him, Wendy.

And take his ear-rings- you can give them back later. We don't

want anything to go wrong now.'

The next few days passed very slowly. On Monday and

T uesday everything was quiet in the office. Kelly did not

speak to me again about the visit to Frankfurt. He stayed in his

office most of the time and was always on the telephone. No

police came to the office, and nothing happened. 1 began to

feel afraid.

Early on Wednesday morning Richard called in to see me. 'ls

he in yet?' he asked. He looked at Kelly's door.

'Not yet. Why?'

'1 want the keys to his office. just for a minute.'

'But Richard ... '

'Come on, Wendy, he'll never know.'

'Y ou can't go in there, Richard. He'll be here in a minute - it's

too dangerous.'

'Piease, Wendy. lt won't take long. 1'11 be out again immediately.'

'But why ... what do you want?'

'Don't ask questions. Just give me the keys- quickly.'

Of course in the end 1 gave him the keys. He opened Kelly's

door and went inside. Some minutes passed and then he gave a

shout. '1 think l've got something!'

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'This is going to help us,' Richard said.

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Wendy' s story

1 went in and saw that Richard was standing in front of Kelly's

desk with a letter in his hand. He held it up for me. 'This', he said,

'is going to help us.'

'What do you mean?' 1 did not understand.

'Listen.' He read from the letter ... the eggs arrived /ast weekend and they are now in m y house. Be there on 18th April,

11 a.m. 'The 18th.' 1 said. 'That's next Saturday.'

Just then 1 heard a car outside. 'That's him,' 1 cried. 'Quick, put

that letter back. Y o u must get out of he re at once.'

1 ran through to my office with Richard behind me. 'Out there

- quick.' 1 pushed him into the kitchen and at the same time the

door opened and Kelly walked in.

'Good morning, Wendy.' He did not stop but went into his

office and closed the door behind him.

Richard then quickly left the office and 1 did not see him again

that day. He phoned me the next afternoon, which was

Thursday. 1 knew at once that he was unhappy about something.

'What's happened, Richard?' 1 asked.

'l'm not working for Kelly any more.' he told me. 'This

morning Kelly told meto do another of his little jobs for him, and

1 said no. So he started shouting at me, and then he told me to

go. So that's it - l'm looking for another job.' He gave a little

laugh. 'And worse than that, he hasn't paid me, and now 1 can't

buy you a birthday present.'

'Oh Richard, that's not important.' 1 said. 'But are you coming

to Kelly's party for me at Maxim's tonight? 1 won't go without

yo u. Y o u must come.'

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'1 can't Wendy. l'd like to be there, you know that. But we

mustn't meet until after Saturday.'

'Why not? What's happening on Saturday? And what's

happening about the ... the egg boxes? What are the police

doing? Kelly says 1 must wear my new gold ear-rings at the party,

but 1 don't want to. They came from Frankfurt in one of those

egg boxes, and they're stolen! Oh Richard, l'm afraid! What am 1

going to do?'

'Everything's going to be all right, Wendy. Really. l've got a

plan. Just go to the party, and don't worry. 1'11 see you soon.'

Richard put the phone down, and 1 have not seen or heard

from him since then.

Chapter 4

Another birthday present

Jennifer felt very sorry for Wendy. The girl's hands were shaking, and she was trying not to cry. Jennifer went and sat next to her, and put her arm round her.

'So what happened after the party on Thursday night, when the police took you away?' she asked quietly.

'Oh, it was terrible!' Wendy said. 'They took the earrings from me, of course, and they asked a lot of questions. 1 told them that the ear-rings were a present from Kelly, and 1 told them all about the police in Germany, but they didn't believe me. They told me to go to the office on

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]ennifer felt very sorry for Wendy.

Friday, and not to say anything to anybody. And they

wanted to talk to Richard.' Wendy turned to Jennifer. 'What am 1 going todo?' she

asked. 'Why didn't the police believe me? Haven't the German police talked to them? And where's Richard? 1

can't find him.' She began to cry quietly. Jennifer stood up. 'We must phone the police in

Germany,' she said. '1'11 talk to that policeman, Barrett,

who carne to see me last night, and ... ' Just then there was a knock on the door. Jennifer went

to the door and called out, 'Who is it?' 'lt's me! Richard!' carne Richard's excited voice. Jennifer opened the door quickly. Beside Richard there

were two policemen- Barrett and another, taller man.

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'Everything's OK,' Richard said happily.

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'Everything's OK,' Richard said happily. He turned to the two policemen and smiled. 'And you're not going to lock me up, are you?'

'I'm very pleased to hear that!' said Jennifer. 'But what's going on? Can somebody please explain?'

They all went into the sitting-room, and Wendy jumped up. She looked at the policemen and her face went white. Everybody began talking at once, and Richard put his arms round Wendy.

The tall policeman laughed and turned to Jennifer. 'My name is Edwards,' he said. 'I'm sorry about Barrett's visit to you last night, but we didn't know about Richard and Wendy then. I talked to the Frankfurt police an hour ago. We already knew about the stolen jewellery in Germany, of course, and we were watching Kelly. But they didn't tell us that they caught the German thieves last weekend, or about their little plan with Richard and Wendy. They wanted to keep it very secret. They were afraid that Kelly would hear about it. But we know now, and everything's all right.'

'But what about Kelly?' cried Wendy. 'And the egg

boxes ... ?' Barrett smiled. 'Y ou'll ha ve to find a new boss. Kelly is

going to be in prison for a long time. We got him this morning. But it's Richard's story. He's been very helpful to us. He can tell you all about it.'

The two policemen left, and Jennifer turned to her young brother. He was sitting with his arm round Wendy,

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and her face was now bright and happy.

'Well!' Jennifer said. 'Start talking, Richard!'

'I've told Jennifer all about last week,' Wendy explained. 'And she was in Maxim's on Thursday night. But what happened this morning?'

Richard laughed. 'When 1 looked in Kelly's office last Wednesday, I found that letter about the "eggs". You remember, Wendy? Well, the German policeman told us to do nothing, but 1 wanted the British police to catch Kelly. Perhaps they were watching Kelly carefully, but I wanted to be sure. So early this morning I went to the police station and told them about the letter. They were not very friendly and they kept me in the police station. But they went to Kelly's house at eleven o'clock. They found Kelly there and two other men, who were buying the stolen jewellery from Kelly. So they brought Kelly and the two

other men into the police station ... and the egg boxes, of course. Kelly was very angry, and told the police that Wendy and I were the thieves! I told Barrett and Edwards about the German policeman's plan again and again, and in the end they telephoned Germany and · talked to the inspector in Frankfurt. He explained everything. So here we are!'

Richard laughed again, happily. He put his hands in his pockets. 'And here's twenty pounds for my big sister, and a little birthday present for my favourite girl.'

Jennifer looked at him. She suddenly felt very happy about her brother. 'You can keep the money,' she said. 'It's

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Wendy opened her present, and laughed for the first time that day.

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not important. But 1 only gave it to you on Thursday night,' she said. 'How ... ?'

'l've got a new job,' said Richard. 'Started yesterday. And this time I'm not working for a jewellery thief!'

Wendy opened her present, and laughed for the first time that day. 'Oh look!' she said. 'lt's sorne gold earrings! They're lovely.'

Richard laughed too. 'They're only small ear-rings,

Wendy, but 1 can tell you this- they did not come from Frankfurt in an egg box!'

GLOSSARY

become (past tense became) to change and begin to be

something

boss when you work for someone, that person is your boss

cheer (n) a shout that shows you are pleased or happy

doorbell a bell on a door that rings inside the house when you

touch it

ear-rings jewellery which people wear in their ears

heart the part of a person's body which pushes the blood round

jewellery beautiful things, often made of gold or silver, which

people wear on their fingers (rings), in their ears (ear-rings),

round their necks, etc.

lovely beautiful

order ( v) to tell someone to do something

order (n) words that tell someone todo something

patient (n) a person who is ill and goes to see a doctor

surgery the room where a doctor sees his patients

towel a piece of cloth for drying yourself when you are wet

trip a journey

worry (v) to feel that something bad will happen or has

happened

worried (adj) unhappy because you feel that something bad will

happen or has happened

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ACTIVITIES

Befare Reading

1 Rcad the back cover of thc book, and the story introduction on the first page. What do you know now about the story? Tick one box for each sentence.

1 R1chard IS always borrowing moncy.

2 Richard has a good job.

3 J ennifcr wornes about hn brothcr.

4 The police are looking for Richard.

5 Thc policc are looking for Jcnnifer.

6 Richard went to Frankfurr by planc.

7 Jcnnifer h~1s some expcn"ivc gold ear-ring'-.

YES

D u D ' -! e L

NO

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2 What will yo u find out in this story? Can you guess? Choose sorne names to answer these questions.

Richard 1 ]ennifer 1 Richard's grrl friend 1 Another person

Who srole rhe ear-rings?

2 Who gavc rhe ear-rings to RKhard's g1rl friend?

3 Who brought thc car-rings from Frankfurt ro England?

4 Who gcts inro trouble w1th the police?

5 Who asks Jcnnifer for help?

6 Who helps the poli ce to catch a rhief?

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While Reading

Read Chapter l. Are these scntences true (T) or false (F)? Change the false senrences into true ones.

1 Richard wanred to borrow twenry pounds.

2 Jennifer was cross so she didn't givc Richard the money.

3 .Jennifer went ro Maxim's restaurant alone.

4 The girl who was having a birthday party looked happy.

5 A man called J oc fcll and cut his face on so me glass.

6 J cnnifcr and Claire too k the man to hospital.

7 The girl with cxpcnsive gold ear-rings was taken a\vay

by the police.

8 Jennifcr worried about her brothcr.

9 Jennifer knew that Richard worried about cvcrything.

Read Chapter 2, and thcn answer these questions.

Who

1 ... phoned ro speak to Jcnnifer?

2 ... was \vaiting for Jennifer outsidc her flat?

3 ... was Mr Joe Kclly?

4 ... was Wendy?

5 .. went to Germany lasr weekend?

6 ... was a criminal?

7 ... came to see Jennifer the next day?

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ACTI\'IT!f_S: While Reudmg

Before you read Chapter 3, can you guess why Wendy wants to talk to Jennifer? Choose sorne of these answers.

1 Beca use she i:. afr~ud and docsn't know \vhat todo.

2 Beca use ;,he wants to borrow moncy.

3 Becausc she is angry \vith Richard.

4 Bccause She IS worried about Richard.

Read Chapter 3. Choose the best question-word for thcse questions, and thcn answer them.

W hat 1 W he re 1 \ti hy

1 ... did \Vendy want to keep hcr Job?

2 ... was Kelly's business?

3 ... did Kelly \vant Wendy to go at the \.,.·eekend?

4 ... did Kclly want Wcndy to bring back?

5 ... did Richard go with Wcndy on thc business trip?

6 ... did Richard do after breakfast m Frankfurt?

7 ... did Kelly's friends drive Richard and Wendy?

8 .. did the German police come ro thc house?

9 ... was in the egg boxcs?

10 ... did the poli ce ask Richard and Wcndy ro do?

11 ... did Kclly give Wendy for hcr birthday?

12 ... did Richard find a lctter about the 'egg~'?

13 ... was Richard looking for another job?

14 ... didn't \X1endy want to wear the ear-rings at her party?

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.4CTI\'Inr:s: While Readmg

Before you read Chapter 4, can you guess what happens? Tick one box for each sentence.

YE~ NO

1 Jennifer takcs Wendy ro rhe police. D 1 1

2 The stolcn Jewellcry is nn·cr found. ~,

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3 The poli ce <:atch Kelly \Vith Richard's hclp. LJ 11 4 Richard borrow~ more moncy from Jennifer. D 5 Richard gives \\?endy some gold car-rings. D

Rcad Chapter 4. Then join these halvcs of sentcnces.

1 \X'hen Richard arrived at .Jenmfcr's flat, .. .

2 At first Jtnnifer and Wendy were afraid, .. .

3 Richard \vantcd the British police ro catch Kelly, .. .

4 The police went ro Kelly':. house at eleven o'clock .. .

S At rhe policc station Kelly said rhat Wcndy and Richard

were the thievcs, ..

6 Jennifer fclr very happy about Richard ...

7 Richard abo gave Wcndy a birrhdar prcsent, ...

8 but thcn rhe policc and Richard explained evcrything.

9 bccmse he wamed to give the twenty pounds back to her.

1 O rhen: were two policemcn with him.

11 wluch made Wendy laugh for rhe fir:.t rime that day.

12 and found Kdly, two other mcn, and thc tgg boxes.

13 but thc poli ce phoned thc inspector in Frankfurt and

lcarnt thc rrue story.

14 so he raid thcm about the 'egg~' lctrer.

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ACTIVITIES

After Reading

1 Match the people with rhe sentences. Then u!.e the sentences

to write about each person. Use pronouns (he, she, him, her, bis) and linking words (and, but, so).

]ennifer 1 Richard/ Wendy 1 Kelly

Example: ]ennifer is a quiet, sensible person, and she ...

1 is a criminal.

2 __ is Jennifcr's brother.

3 lennifer is a quiet, sensible person.

4 ___ is fifreen years younger than Jennifer.

5 __ is RJChard's girl friend.

6 is a kind sister.

7 ___ uses othcr people for criminal business.

8 __ couldn't find Richard after her birthday party.

9 ___ is sometimes cross with Richard.

10 __ has had a lot of girl friends.

11 __ was Richard's and Wendy's boss.

12 ___ can ncvcr say 'no' to Richard.

13 ___ went to Richard's sister to ask for hclp.

14 ___ rhinks Wendy is vcry, vcry special.

15 ___ IS m pnson now.

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ACTIVITIE:.: After Readmg

2 What did Richard say to Kelly about Kelly's 'little job'

(see page 33)? Complete Richard's part of thc conversation.

(Use as many words as you like.)

KELJ Y: S1t down, Richard. 1 have a littlc job for you on

Friday night.

RICII-'.RD: 'V:rhat ____ _

KELLY: lt's nora J¡fficult job, but it's important. I want

you to drive acarro Livcrpool, and come back by train.

RICHARD: 1 don't think _____ .

KnLY: J'm not interested m what you want. I'm TELUNG

you to do rhis. I'm thc person who pays you.

RICHARD: Y es, but l won't -----

Kru Y: Crinunal? lt's just dnving a car to Liverpool.

RICHARD: Wcll, I'm not ____ _

KELLY: Right. You've JUSt lost your job- and you can go

now.

RICHARD: What about -----'

KEI.l Y: I'm paying you nothing. GET OUT!

3 Here are new ti des for thc four chapters. Pm the titlcs in two

groups (one about people, one about things). Then put the

titles in each group in the best order for the story.

Richard explains

The birrhday party car-rings

Richard borrows money

The last ear-rings

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The stolen ear-rings

Richard in F rankfurt

The egg-box ear-rings

Richard in trouble

l Ac nnTns: A(ter Reading

4 Put these 15 words into two groups, under these headings.

1 --PEOPLfl ~-

L_ ,____E_I::_A C F S ---¡

airport, boss, criminal, detective, flat, garage, hospital, hotel, inspector, nurse, office, patrent, surgery, thief, waiter

Now find the fifteen words in the word ~·earch, and draw lincs through them. The words go from left to right, and

from top to bottom.

r iT ~ 1Ff olE 'SIUT~ GJ:E:; RTv 1 v 1

le 1 R _oJ L E 0:1-"-+ ~ c-'j T t;;-~ l_c:j ~~~_Le 1 ,;f ':Lil_E_I_'Jfr_l_R_8~~. Mf

S -"J_N T 1 E i E : B F l R 1 A 1 O _¡_:r_l RiM

Íe)l 1 ul'-f-'!. R i[A_~GT~E I~Fl 1 U ~ S ¡ili~-;_1 1 1 1 n 1

HAisllii"J:S: p¡Eic TfOIR E

A '¡ L 1 E G '1_~ O t,;-11 F 1 ~ cw ifsl

IL rr; H lrlD!~OJYV~ 1 1 T 1 E 1 R 1 X1

Now write clown all the letters that don't have a line

through them {begin with the first line and go across each line to the end). You will have 37letters, which will make a

sentence of 10 words.

1 What 1s the scntence?

2 Who ~aid it, and to whom?

3 What was the person talking about?

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AC1i\fJT1ES: A(ter Reading

5 On Saturday Richard went to the police about thc 'eggs' letter. Put thcir conversation in the right order, and write in

the spcakers' names. Richard spcaks first (numbcr 3).

___ 'Y es, we did, but the Gcrm~m police asked us to

bnng it back. They hada plan-'

2 __ 'HO\v do you know ít'.:; in Kc\ly's house?'

3 ___ '1 ha ve something to tcll you about Joe Kelly.'

4 ___ 'Eleven o'doek? Rip;ht. You wait here, Mr

\"X-'alron. Wc'\1 talk ro you larer.'

5 ___ 'He's got some stokn jewcllery and-·

6 ___ 'Plan? V./e don't know anytlung abour a pLm, but

\Ve want rhis jewellery. \Xihere lS it, !\ir \Valron?'

7 ___ 'Beeause 1 saw a lctter in his offiee. And he's

meeting sorne people at hts house at eleven o'clock.'

S ___ 'Joe Kelly? Go on, Mr \X.'alton, wc're listcning.'

9 ___ 'It's in Kdly's house, in three egg boxcs, and-'

10 ___ 'And you and your gtrl fricnd went to Frankfurt

to get rhe jewcllery for him, didn't you, Mr \'(·'alron?'

6 What did you think about the people in this story? Choosc sorne name~ and complete sorne of these sentenccs.

]ennifer 1 Richard 1 Wendy / ]oe Kelly

1 1liked 1 didn't like __ bceause _____ .

2 l fclt sorry for __ when 1 be cause _____ .

3 1 felt angry with __ when 1 hecause _____ .

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Reg \'V'right has taught English in severa! countrics in Europc,

the .r>..1iddle East, Africa, and A~ia. He has been a teacher and a tcachcr tratncr, and has written many course books and

materials for both students and teacher~. He now livcs 10

Scotland and works as a fredance consultant and also a~ an

examiner for English as a Sccond Language exams.

Thc idea for his story F.ar-rings from Frankfurt began one

Friday afternoon during an Engli~h le~son. To amusc thc

students, Reg \Vright gavc them thc first fcw sentences of a

thriller and askcd them to imagine what happened next.

Months later, the idea carne back to him, and bccamc Ear

rings from Frankfurt.

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