The Curious League of Detectives and Thieves 1: Egypt's Fire

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worthwhile place to live in a theater is in the basement and they’re usually occupied by phantoms The old guard blushed You were right about the flowers She loved the purple roses John smiled I thought she would How did you know She has purple roses on her phone case John said with a shrug See ya later Al-ligator After a while John-a-dile Al saluted as the boy slipped through the doorway They say you never know how much you’ll miss something something until it’s gone John had found this to be true Once he’d moved into the museum he couldn’t return to school for fear of being caught and sent back to the orphanage another foster home or even worse to juvenile detention He missed his classes more than he’d ever expected to so he’d had to find ways to learn on his own And that’s where Ms Wingfield came in John entered the gift shop where a silver haired woman was locking up for the night He reached into his bag and pulled out a book entitled Egypt Not Just Another Pyramid Scheme Ms Wingfield the manager of the gift shop had developed a habit of lending him books about the exhibits in the museum She loved to learn too Hello Mr Boarhog From her voice you could tell 4 TOM PHILLIPS