β Scribed by Blyton, Enid
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
The first of the Barney "R" Mysteries takes place at Rockingdown
Hall, a deserted mansion once owned by Lady Rockingdown and occupied by
her son until he was killed in "a war," after which his wife died of a
broken heart (is that actually a medical condition?). Tragically, their
two children were also killedlittle Miss Arabella fell from a high
nursery window, and young Master Bob later died of scarlet fever. After
that the place was emptied, locked up, and forgottenand the nurseries
on the top floor were left exactly as they were, fully furnished, to
gather dust and cobwebs...
Along come Roger and Diana to stay at a cottage nearby. The
brother and sister are home from schoolbut their parents have (rather
rudely) sailed off to America, leaving the children to stay with Aunt
Pam. But when Aunt Pam's kids get measles, the children instead go to
stay with Mummy's old governess, Miss Pepper, at a cottage somewhere in
the country. Miss Pepper is to take charge of the cottage for a few
weeks, with the help of Mrs Round, the housekeeper. Roger and Diana's
pest of a cousin, Snubby, who has no family of his own, is to come and
stay toomuch to Diana's annoyance.
Snubby makes himself a nuisance even before he shows up in the
story. When Roger and Diana go to meet him at the station, it seems he's
missed his trainso, after hanging around for an hour, Roger and Diana
return to the cottage hot, bothered, and hungry to find Snubby already
there, tucking into his tea. He cheerfully informs them that he got off
at an earlier stop and walked the rest of the way!
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