"The Smuggler" Piers Plowright

"Harker had written a poem before he was killed. But why? Harker wasn't a poet. He didn't even read poetry. He was a clever man, a tough man, but he was interested in money, not poetry. John Samuel Fame didn't understand it... Just as Fame was finishing the poem, he heard voices. The men were coming towards the door. Fame just had time to get to the window, raise it silently and get through before the men reached the hut. 'Someone's been here', said the man with the high voice'. 'Where's the piece of paper with the poem on it?'said the other man, with the deep voice" Fragment książki. Macmillian Readers 26.04.2021 r.