Free Five on a Secret Trail by Enid Blyton

which I"d like to sort out tomorrow."
    „What"s that?" said Dick.
    „Well - it may quite wel be that somebody very badly wants us out of here for some reason," said Julian. „And that somebody may want to come and lift other stones and have a thorough search all over the place - which he can"t do with us around. So he"s trying to frighten us out!"
    „Yes - I believe you are right, Julian," said Dick. „Those noises - and lights - they would be enough to scare anyone out of a place. Too eerie for words! Well - let"s have a good snoop round in the daylight, to see if we can find any trace of a trickster!"
    „We wil - but it"s extremely odd that Timmy didn"t find him," said Julian. „Timmy can smel anyone out of any hiding-place! Yes - we"ll have a very very good hunt round tomorrow."
    „And if you find nothing and nobody, we"ll go home?" asked Anne.
    „Yes, we wil . I promise you," said Julian, hugging Anne. „Don"t worry. You shan"t have to stay here one night longer, unless you want to! Now - let"s try and go to sleep again!"
    It took the four a long time to go to sleep after all this excitement in the middle of the night. Anne kept listening for the wailing noises again, but none came. She kept her eyes shut tightly in case she should happen to see any more of the queer lights outside the window.
    George and the boys lay awake too, puzzling out the problems of lights and noises which were not apparently caused by anyone! Julian especially was puzzled.
    Only Timmy was unconcerned. He went to sleep before anyone else, though he kept one ear wide open - and up went the other one when George moved, or Dick whispered to Julian.
    The excitement of the night made them all sleep late.
    Julian awoke first, and stared at the low ceiling in surprise. Now - where was he? In France? No. Ah, of course he was in the old ruined cottage!
    He woke Dick, who yawned and stretched. „Remember those queer lights and noises last night?" asked Dick. „What a fright they gave us! It seems sil y to think we were all so puzzled and scared, now that the sun is shining in at the window, and we can see the countryside around for miles!"

    „I"m pretty certain someone is trying to scare us away," said Julian. „We are in their way here - they want to do some thorough explorations and they can"t, because of us! I"ve a good mind to take the girls home, Dick, and come back here with you."
    „Anne might go, but George wouldn"t," said Dick. „You know what old George is - good as any boy, and as ful of courage as any boy, too. Let"s not decide anything til we have had a look round this morning. I don"t really believe there"s anything spooky about this at all - I agree with you that it"s just a few tricks to frighten us away."
    „Right," said Julian. „Let"s wake the girls. Hey, George! Anne! Sleepyheads! Get up and get us breakfast! What are girls for if not to get our meals?"
    George sat up, looking furious, as Julian intended. „You jolly well get your own m..." she began, and then laughed as she saw Julian"s amused face.
    „I was only just striking a little match to set you alight!" said Julian. „Come on - let"s all go for a swim in the pool!"
    They set off together happily in the warm sunshine, Timmy padding along, his tail waving vigorously. As soon as they got to the pool, they saw the boy there, floating lazily on his back.
    „There"s Guy!" said Anne.
    „I wonder if he wil admit to his name or not this morning!" said George. „Remember how he told us his name was Guy - and then said it wasn"t a little while after? Silly ass! I can"t make out if he"s quite mad, or just thinks its funny to keep playing the fool!"
    They came to the pool. The boy waved to them, grinning. „Come on in - it"s fine!"
    „Is your name Guy this morning or not'?" called George.
    The boy looked surprised. „Of course it"s Guy!" he said. „Don"t be idiotic! Come on in and have a game."
    They had a fine swim and a mad one. Guy was like an eel, swimming