Watson's Case
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He thought about Herr Zilch eluding everyone. The villain had once been Rollie’s elderly next door neighbor. Even though Zilch had told Rollie to stay out of his way and stop pursuing being a detective, Rollie had made a promise to himself to stop Zilch. He nearly had in October, but Zilch had escaped and had not been seen since. The only remnant of Zilch was his empty mansion that could be seen from Rollie’s bedroom window.
BANG! BANG!
Rollie started.
With a grunt, he rolled over.
Then he squinted at a light shining through his bedroom window. His little red alarm clock pointed to 1:10 a.m.
BANG!
Now he was awake again. He stumbled over to the window and peered out.
Suddenly the light went out, the noises stopped, and the night resumed its wintry calm. The light and noises had come from Herr Zilch’s vacant house. He watched another minute, and then scurried back into his toasty bed.
He wondered if what he had just witnessed really was true—it seemed a little unbelievable.
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