The Woman Who DisappearedThe Woman Who Disappearedby Philip Prowseby Philip Prowse

Работа Ученицы 9 класса ГБОУ ШКОЛА № 2057Работа Ученицы 9 класса ГБОУ ШКОЛА № 2057г. Москваг. Москва

Мишнаевской ЕвгенииМишнаевской Евгенииучитель Балякина Зудия Имамдиновнаучитель Балякина Зудия Имамдиновна

A VisitorA Visitor

My name’s Samuel. Lenny Samuel. You can call me Len. I’m a private eye. A private eye is a private detective- a detective who will work for anyone who will pay him. I’m not a policeman. I work on my own as a private eye.

In the inner room, there’s a cheap wooden desk. There’s a big wooden chair for me to sit on and, on the opposite side of the desk, there’s a low metal chair for my visitors. The rest of the furniture in my office consists of a large, empty metal cupboard, and a low bed in one corner. When there is a lot of work, I sometimes sleep in the office.

The notice outside my door says: “L. Samuel. Private Detective.” That’s me

Suddenly, I heard someone walk into the outer room. I always leave the door of the outer room open, in case anyone wants to come in and see me. When I heard the footsteps in the outer room, I wasn’t very surprised.

Please Find My SisterPlease Find My Sister

‘I see’, I sad. ‘Your sister has disappeared. Have you reported her disappearance to the police?’

‘No, I haven’t told the police,’ she sad. ‘I don’t want any trouble with the police. I just want you to help find my sister.’

‘All right,’ I said. ‘Tell me all about your sister.’

‘Her name is Elaine Garfield,’ said the girl.‘And what’s your name?’ I interrupted.‘Helen Garfield’, she replied. ‘ My sister

disappeared a week ago. We had arranged to have dinner together last Monday night, but she didn’t come.’

‘I waited for my sister last Monday evening, in my hotel,’ said the girl.’ But she didn’t come. I telephoned her, but there was no answer. Then I went to her office and they said, that she had been to work on Monday and then she suddenly left. After that I went to her flat but there was no one there. I’m very worried and I want you to find her.”

“I’ll find her”, I said.

The Manson BuildingThe Manson Building

After the blonde girl had left my office, I looked at the two addresses which she had written on the piece of paper. I went to the place that was written there: The Manson building. I asked about Elaine Garfield there and the porter led me to her apartment.

A Very Tidy ApartmentA Very Tidy Apartment I rang the bell beside the I rang the bell beside the

door of Apartment 716 door of Apartment 716 and waited. There was and waited. There was no answer. I rang again, no answer. I rang again, but there was still no but there was still no answer. Then I look a answer. Then I look a small, square piece of small, square piece of plastic out of my pocket. plastic out of my pocket. I looked around. I was I looked around. I was alone. I pushed the piece alone. I pushed the piece of plastic into the space of plastic into the space between the door and between the door and the door frame and the door frame and moved the plastice up moved the plastice up and down. In a minute, and down. In a minute, the door openedthe door opened and I and I went into the flat.went into the flat.

I looked round the room I looked round the room carefully, but there carefully, but there were no interesting were no interesting things there. So I things there. So I switched off the light switched off the light and tried to leave. But and tried to leave. But I couldn’t. I couldn’t.

SuzySuzy Suzy put on her

coat and we left the office together. We found a little café, just opposite the Title-Insurance Building. In the café, I told Suzy why I was asking questions about Elaine Garfield.

Benny Greep I decided to go to I decided to go to

Las Cabanas. It Las Cabanas. It was a pure dirty was a pure dirty club, but my aim club, but my aim was to find out was to find out everything about everything about Benny Greep. A Benny Greep. A man who was man who was working there working there gave me Bennie’s gave me Bennie’s address. I went to address. I went to the flat and found the flat and found his dead body.his dead body.

Arrested for MurderArrested for Murder I called the police and I called the police and

they came in a few they came in a few minutes after that. minutes after that. They asked me who They asked me who I am and who is my I am and who is my director but of director but of course I only told course I only told them that I’m a them that I’m a private eye. They private eye. They took me to the took me to the police station/ They police station/ They thought I was a thought I was a murder. murder.

Sergeant MurphySergeant Murphy

Sergeant Murphy Sergeant Murphy came to talk to me. came to talk to me. He shouted very He shouted very much and every much and every time he was telling time he was telling me that he hates me that he hates private detectives private detectives and he hates me and he hates me the most of all. He the most of all. He didn’t let me go didn’t let me go home.home.

The Yellow CarThe Yellow Car

I’d seen Sergeant I’d seen Sergeant Murphy once more, Murphy once more, during the afternoon. during the afternoon. It hadn’t been a It hadn’t been a pleasant meeting. I pleasant meeting. I hadn’t told the hadn’t told the sergeant who I was sergeant who I was working for. And I working for. And I hadn’t told him why hadn’t told him why I’d wanted to talk to I’d wanted to talk to Benny Greep.Benny Greep.

Las CabanasLas Cabanas

I met Helen Garfield I met Helen Garfield at Las cabanas and at Las cabanas and told her everything told her everything that happened that happened yesterday. She was yesterday. She was shocked and I shocked and I asked her too asked her too many questions. many questions. She went out and She went out and tolm me she woud tolm me she woud come back soon.come back soon.

Helen Garfield LeavesHelen Garfield Leaves

Helen didn’t come Helen didn’t come back. I asked the back. I asked the waiter about her waiter about her and found out that and found out that she have left 15 she have left 15 minutes ago. I was minutes ago. I was upset about it and upset about it and decided to go decided to go home. home.

The FightThe Fight