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СOr unless Sniffer gives the game away,Т thought Julian. СWell, weТll spend the night here, anyway, and we can move off somewhere else tomorrow if we feel like it.Т
They felt rather energetic that evening and played a ball game in the quarry, in which Timmy joined wholeheartedly. But as he always got the ball before anyone else did they had to tie him up in order to get a game themselves. Timmy was very cross. He turned his back on them and sulked.
СHe looks like you now, George,Т said Dick, grinning, and got the ball bang on the side of his head from an angry George!
Nobody wanted much supper. Julian took a little aluminium jug to the spring and filled it once for everyone. It really was lovely water from that bubbling spring!
СI wonder how HenryТs getting on,Т said Anne. СSpoilt to bits by her great-aunts. I expect. DidnТt she look odd in proper clothes, gloves and all!Т
СYes, she ought to have been a boy,Т said Dick. СLike you, George,Т he added hastily. СBoth of you are real sports, plucky as anything.Т
СHow do you know HenryТs plucky?Т said George, scornfully. СOnly by her silly tales! I bet theyТre all made-up and exaggerated.Т
Julian changed the subject. СShall we want rugs tonight, do you think?Т he said.
СRather! It may be warm now, and the sand is hot with the sun, but it wonТt be quite so nice when itТs gone down,Т said Anne. СAnyway we can always creep into one of those cosy little caves if we feel chilly. TheyТre as warm as toast. I went into one, so I know.Т
They settled down quite early to sleep. The boys took one side of the quarry, the girls the other. Tim, as usual, was on GeorgeТs feet, much to AnneТs discomfort.
СHeТs on mine too,Т she complained to George. СHeТs so long, he stretches over my feet as well. Move him, George.Т
So George moved him, but as soon as Anne was asleep he stretched out again and lay on both girlsТ legs. He slept with one ear open.
He heard a scurrying hedgehog. He heard all the rabbits out for a night-time game. He heard the frogs in a far-off pool croaking in the night. His sharp ear even heard the tinkle of the little spring outside the pit.
Nobody moved in the quarry. There was a small moon but it gave very little light. The stars that studded the sky seemed to give more light than the moon.
TimmyТs one open ear suddenly pricked itself right up. Then the other ear stood up too. Timmy was still asleep but his ears were both listening very hard!
A low, humming sound came slowly over the night. It came nearer and nearer. Timmy awoke properly and sat up, listening, his eyes wide open now.
The sound was now very loud indeed. Dick awoke and listened. What was that noise? An aeroplane? It must be jolly low! Surely it wasnТt about to land on the moor in the dark!
He woke Julian and they both got up and went out of the quarry. СItТs an aeroplane all right,Т said Dick, in a low voice. СWhatТs it doing? It doesnТt seem to be going to land. ItТs gone round in a low circle two or three times.Т
СIs it in trouble, do you think?Т asked Julian. СHere it comes again.Т
СLook, whatТs that light over there?Т suddenly said Dick, pointing to the east. СSee, that sort of glow. ItТs not very far from the gypsiesТ camp.Т
СI donТt know,Т said Julian, puzzled. СItТs not a fire, is it? We canТt see any flames and it doesnТt seem to flicker like a fire would.Т
СI think it may be some sort of guide to that plane,Т said Dick. СIt seems to be circling round and about over the glow. LetТs watch it.Т
They watched it. Yes, it did seem to be circling round the glow, whatever it was, and then, quite suddenly it rose in the air, circled round once more and made off to the east.
СThere it goes,Т said Dick, straining his eyes. СI canТt tell what kind it is, except that itТs very small.Т
СWhat can it have been doing?Т said Julian, puzzled. СI thought the glow might have been to guide it in landing, though where it could land here in safety I simply donТt know. But it didnТt land at all, it just circled and made offТ
СWhere would it have come from?Т said Dick. СFrom the coast, I suppose, from over the sea, do you think?Т
СI simply donТt know,Т said Julian. СIt beats me! And why should the gypsies have anything to do with it? Gypsies and planes donТt seem to mix, somehow.Т
СWell, we donТt know that they do have anything to do with the plane, except that we saw that glow,Т said Dick. СAnd thatТs going now, look.Т
Even as they watched, the bright glow died completely away. Now the moor lay in darkness again.
СFunny,Т said Julian, scratching his head. СI canТt make it out. ItТs true that the gypsies may be up to something, the way they come out here secretly, apparently for no purpose at all, and also they donТt want us snooping round, thatТs clear.Т
СI think weТd better try and find out what that glow is,Т said Dick. СWe could have a bit of a snoop tomorrow. Or perhaps Sniffer could tell us.Т
СHe might,Т said Julian. СWeТll try him. Come on, letТs get back into the quarry. ItТs cold out here!Т
The quarry struck quite warm to them as they went down into it. The girls were sound asleep still. Timmy, who had been with them, did not wake them. He had been as puzzled as Julian and Dick over the low-flying plane, but he had not barked at all. Julian had
been glad about that, TimmyТs bark might have carried right over to the gypsy camp and warned it that someone was camping near.
They got back under their rug, keeping close to one another for warmth. But they soon lost their shivers, and Dick threw off his share of the rug. In a few minutes they were asleep.
Timmy awoke first and stretched himself out in the warm morning sunshine. Anne sat up with a little scream. СOh Timmy, donТt! You nearly squashed me to bits. Do that to George if you must stretch yourself all over somebody!Т
The boys awoke then, and went to the spring to splash their faces and bring back a jugful of water to drink. Anne got the breakfast, and over it the boys told the girls of the aeroplane in the night.
СHow queer!Т said Anne. СAnd that glow too. It must have been a guide of some sort to the plane. LetТs go and see where it was. It must have been a fire of some kind!Т
СRight,Т said Dick. СI vote we go this morning, but weТll take Tim with us in case we meet those gypsies!Т

Chapter Fourteen

THE GYPSIES ARE NOT PLEASED

Julian and Dick went to stand where they had stood the night before, trying to see exactly in what direction the glow had been.
СI think it was beyond the gypsiesТ camp, to the left,Т said Julian. СWhat do you think, Dick?Т
СYes. ThatТs about it,Т said Dick. СShall we go now?Т He raised his voice. СWeТre going, George and Anne. Are you coming? We can leave our stuff here, tucked away in the caves because we shanТt be very long.Т
George called back. СJulian, I think TimmyТs got a thorn in his foot or something. HeТs limping. Anne and I think weТll stay here with him and try to get it out. You go, but for goodnessТ sake donТt get into trouble with the gypsies!Т
СWe shanТt,Т said Julian. СWeТve as much right on this moor as they have and they know it. All right, weТll leave you two here then with Timmy. Sure you donТt want any help with his paw?Т
СOh no,Т said George. СI can manage, thank you.Т