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1、WithamillionaireclientlikeMr.Vernon,Smith,EliasRancehasanhonesthundredpounds.Buttherascallyestate-agentisnotsatisfiedwithahundredpounds—hewantsmore!THEFIRSTCHAPTER.WhereIsBunter?“NOsignofBunter!”“No!”“PooroldBunter!”“We’llfindhimallright,”saidBobCherryhop
2、efully.ItwasdawnonBlackrockIsland—thedawnofabrightspringmorning.UpoverthecliffsoftheDevoncoastcamethebrightsunshine,gleamingontherollingwatersoftheAtlantic.HarryWharton&Co.wereupatthefirstgleamofday.Theyhadhardlyclosedtheireyesduringalongandanxiousnight.B
3、rightasthatspringmorningwas,thefacesoftheFamousFiveofGreyfriarswerefarfromwearingtheirusualcheerylooks.EvenBobCherry’sruddyfacewasclouded.Roughastheirquarterswere,strandedonthatloneisleofftheDevoncoast,thechumsoftheGreyfriarsRemovehadbeenenjoyingtheircrus
4、oelifeonBlackrock.Butashadowwasoneveryfacenow.BillyBunterwasmissing!BillyBunter’spresence,itwastrue,didaddtothegaietyofexistenceonBlackrock.OnlytoooftenwasBillyBunter’sroompreferredtohiscompany.ButallthefaultsandfailingsandfoiblesofthefatOwloftheRemovewer
5、eforgottennow.HadBillyBunterbeenafellowwhomtheydelightedtohonour,theFamousFivenothavefeltmoresorelyanxious.Bunterhadbeenmissingallnight.OnasmallislandlikeBlackrocktherewasnowherewhereevenBillyBuntercouldhavelosthimselfforsolong.Therewasonlyoneexplanationo
6、fhisprolongedabsence,andthatwasthathemusthavebeencaughtinthetide.AllroundBlackrock,athightide,theAtlanticwashedanddashedagainsthigh,inaccessiblecliffs.Onlyatlowtidewasthereanarrowstripofbeach.HowandwhyBillyBuntercouldhavewanderedsofarastobecutoffbythetide
7、andunabletoreturntocamp,HarryWharton&Co.couldnotguess.Butetseemedthatitmusthavehappened,forwherewashe?Thenighthadseemedterriblylongtotheworriedjuniors.Theyhadnoboat;theycouldnotsearchthebeachforBuntertillthetidewentdown.Theycouldonlywait,withanxioushearts
8、,fordawn.Nowitwasdawn,andtheypreparedtosearchforthemissingOwl.Thetidewasdown,butitwasnotyetquiteout,andspursofrockthatjuttedfromthecliffswerestillwashedbythesea.Theystillhadtowaitbeforetheycouldgotroundthelittleisla
