"Arthur, Robert - The Three Investigators 001 - The Secret of Terror Castle" - читать интересную книгу автора (Arthur Robert)

in a raging storm. Bob dismounted and found the two
green boards Jupe had made into a private gate. That
was Green Gate One. He pushed against the eye of a
fish that was looking out of the water at the sinking
ship and the boards swung up.
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He shoved his bike through and closed the gate.
Now he was inside the junk yard, in the corner which
Jupiter had arranged as his outdoor workshop. It was
outdoors except for a roof about six feet wide that ran
around most of the fence on the inside of the yard.
Mr. Jones kept his better junk under this roof.
As Bob entered the workshop, Jupiter Jones was
sitting in an old swivel chair, pinching his lower lip,
always a sign that his mental machinery was spinning
in high gear. Pete Crenshaw was busy at the small
printing press which had come in as junk, and which
Jupiter had laboured over until it would operate
again.
The printing press was going clink, clank, back and
forth. Tall, dark-haired Pete was busy putting down
and picking up white cards. That was what JupeТs
message had meantЧsimply that the press was
working and he wanted Bob to come and meet them
through Green Gate One.
No one could see the boys from the main part of
the junk yard where the office wasЧespecially
JupiterТs Aunt Mathilda, who really ran the business.
She had a big heart, and was endlessly good-natured,
but when she saw a boy around she had only one
idea: Put him to work!
In self-defence Jupiter had, bit by bit, arranged the
piles of various types of junk so they hid his workshop
from sight. Now he and his friends could have privacy
when he was not needed to help his uncle or his aunt.
As Bob parked his bike, Pete shut off the press and
handed him one of the cards he had been printing.
УLook at that!Ф he said.
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It was a large business card. And it said:

УGolly!Ф Bob said admiringly. УThat really has
zing. So you decided to go ahead with it, Jupe?Ф
УWeТve been talking for a long time about starting
an investigation agency,Ф Jupiter said. УAnd now my
winning the use of a Rolls-Royce sedan for thirty days
of twenty-four hours each, gives us freedom to seek
mystery wherever we may find it. For a certain time,
anyway. Therefore we are taking the plunge. We are
now officially The Three Investigators.