‘I’m thinking that won’t be needed.’ (He meant searching the boys.) ‘But we caught them . . .’ ‘Ah, yes, but I don’t think these are our thieves. I’ve listened to their yarn, and it’s just been a misunderstanding. They thought we were the thundering thieves.’ ‘But the robberies?’ ‘Someone else. You’re still on the case, Mrs Darling. The game is still afoot.’ ‘Admiral Spratt-Haddock,’ Fizz said, raising his hand in the air. ‘Aye, lad?’ ‘We saw someone.’ The two boys explained to the Admiral and his guard what it was they’d seen: the masked man and his wriggling coat. ‘Where was that?’ Spratt-Haddock asked. ‘In the green room,’ Mrs Darling said. Fizz nodded in agreement. ‘You’ve got to come look,’ she said. ‘See what he’s taken this time.’ Admiral Spratt-Haddock tapped on the glass with his hook and peered into the water. ‘Gone,’ he whispered. There were several empty tanks in the corridor. The one he was stood in front of now had a sign by its side that read GREEN-GILLED MUDSHARK.
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