The Curse of the Cairo Cat: A Lottie Lipton Adventure
Lottie She heard him behind her not far away now She could hear each pounding step he took Her heart raced Got to be quick she muttered and darted under a nearby table Its legs were covered with a red velvet curtain which she neatly rearranged so it looked like no one had been there
I know you’re in here sang the man’s voice He was closer than she had realized She parted the velvet curtain ever so slightly and peeked out There he was silhouetted in the light from the previous room his large body casting a vast shadow He stepped forward closer and closer to her hiding place He was next to her now Her heart beat loudly as she curled herself into a ball desperate not to be found She closed her eyes tightly and waited for the moment to come Suddenly the entire corridor was flooded with light Professor West called a familiar voice Package just arrived for you 3
Ooh goody-goody said the figure next to Lottie Lottie you can come out now Lottie sighed with disappointment She had been enjoying playing hide-and-seek She crawled out from her hiding place and smiled up at the seeker a rotund gentleman with white hair dressed in a shabby linen suit I win she declared Honestly Uncle Bert I was right next to you Not fair sulked Uncle Bert You were supposed to stick to the Egyptian section This case is clearly from Northern Sudan 4
They bickered as they paced along the corridors of the British Museum Lottie Lipton had lived on the grounds of the museum since she was four when her archaeologist parents were killed on a dig in Egypt Since then she had been cared for by her great uncle Professor Bertram West He worked as the Curator of Egyptology at the British Museum in London where the two of them lived in a small ramshackle apartment In truth it was Lottie who looked after her uncle he was famously absent-minded and Lottie would often have to remind 5
