After a hurried dinner without a mother to ask him why he was gobbling up his food, Fatty went to his shed. He pulled on a pair of cordrouy trousers and a tweed coat. He put on a terrible looking false teeth that protruded from his mouth and painted some freckles on his cheeks. He put on his commonly used red wig and set out on his bicycle to Taplow. As he neared the garage, he let the air out of his front tyre and wheeled his bicycle to the garage. He was glad to see that it was still open. A boy who might have been slightly older than Fatty stood at the entrance. He had spots on his pale face and jet black hair.
"Puncture" Fatty said. The boy started mending Fatty's tyre.
"So, heard about this robbery in Peterswood ?" Fatty asked.
"Oh yes, yes I do" he replied. Fatty judged by the poor English that the boy was speaking that he might not have gone to school.
"Days are become bad now, bad days" he murmured as he carried on with his work.
"This garage belongs to...Edward Williams, eh?" Fatty asked.
"Yes, yes. And he is a cruel, rude man. Very cruel. He do anything, he will. Rather say he done the robbery."
Fatty's eyes glittered at hearing these words. "Could I get a job here?" Fatty asked him.
"Maybe, ask Williams" the boy replied. "Is he in now?"
"Oh yeah, yeah he is. He live in the next house. " He finished mending Fatty's tyre. As Fatty was about to leave, a rather stocky man with untidy, straw-coloured hair came out of the garage. He scowled at the boy and left.
"Is that Mr.Williams?" Fatty asked the boy after the man had left. The boy nodded his head.
"So long" Fatty said as he mounted his bicycle. He noticed some footprints on the pavement which hadn't been there when he had come. It had obviously been made by Mr.Williams as only he had walked there after Fatty's arrival. It was exactly like the ones near the door of Brown Hill Mansion. Fatty saw that the boy had gone inside the garage, so he pulled out the copy of the footprints and compared it with the ones on the pavement. They were exactly alike!!!!!!!!!
Now, he had to find out how many people wore boots without patterns. He cycled home and thankfully saw that his parents had not returned yet. He pulled off his disguise and went up to bed.
The next morning, he informed Pip and Larry to come to his shed soon.
When all had arrived at the shed, Fatty said, "I found out from a boy in the garage that Mr.Williams is too cruel and rude and his capable of doing anything ; he might have even done the robbery" Fatty paused. "and guess what? Yesterday I saw the footprints we found in Brown Hill Mansion. They were made by Williams." Daisy gave an exclamation.
"Now, we're going to the cobbler in Taplow. Everyone got your bicycles? Okay, then. We're ready, find-outers" Buster barked. "and dog " Fatty added with a grin. The five children and Buster sped off to Taplow on their bicycles.