The Scroll of Alexandria: A Lottie Lipton Adventure
Chapter One London 1928 Lottie The cry echoed around the great halls of the British Museum Lottie turned to look for the source and gulped She darted into the next hall past a group of tourists and into the library where she bumped into her great uncle Bert 1
Whoa there Slow down he said Sir Trevelyan may have found our science experiment she blurted out quickly Oh dear said Uncle Bert his moustache drooping in worry Quick hide in here I’ll see if I can calm him down Lottie quickly hid herself in a nook between some nearby bookcases The Great Library was one of her favorite places in the British Museum She had lived in the museum ever since her parents had died in an accident during an archaeological dig in Egypt Her great uncle Professor Bertram 2
West had sworn to take care of her and had returned to England from Egypt to take a job at the British Museum They lived in a small untidy flat on the grounds of the museum and Lottie loved it She didn’t go to school instead she was taught by her Uncle Bert and could look at any of the books in the library I don’t understand what all these books are doing in a museum laughed a loud American man to his wife Surely they should be in a big library Lottie poked her head out from her nook and smiled Ahem she coughed politely I can 3
