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Shocked to discover that George’s father is having a torrid affair with Mrs. Barnard, the mother of Dick and Anne, the Famous Five row out to Kirrin Island to consult the Wise Siren who sometimes appears at high tide. The Siren uses her power to arrest their development and thus spares the children from the inconvenience of adolescence.

She had escaped from that dreadful place which Julian had had her committed to. Timmy had been in touch, bringing a purse containing sufficient funds for a train ticket to Kirrin Halt. Anxiously she padded up and down the platform until the train arrived.

Now a compulsive pipe smoker, Dick favoured a bent briar which was seldom out of his mouth. He was also frequently wearing a deerstalker hat and told anyone who would listen that he had discovered the grave of Sherlock Holmes. He would produce this photograph as proof although he professed to have forgotten the place where he had made the picture.

The Judge told the Court that he would like to be lenient with George Kirrin because of his youth, but the charges were serious and Kirrin had known and understood the gravity of what he was doing. George was sentenced to five years, most of which would be served in Borstal. Incredibly, the Court had accepted without question George's sworn statement that he was a boy.

What with all the drama and the complete implosion of the Kirrins, Timmy had almost forgotten how sexually licentious the adults had been behind the children's backs. It was a bad example to set, even for a dog, and worryingly Timmy had also detected a sinister side to Julian's character. Timmy decided to stay a bit longer in Lyme Regis before making any firm plans for the future. He was missing George very badly. Perhaps he would make his way to the Borstal on the Isle of Portland.

At the trial of George Kirrin who, despite his youth, had been charged with Treason, Counsel for the Prosecution demonstrated the system of codes and ciphers that Quentin Kirrin had used to communicate with the Communists and proved that George had been implicated in the plot.

The Secret Service knew that Uncle Quentin's secretary was connected to an agency in Great James Street. Moving quickly, they detained Quentin at Dover with his suitcase containing the prototype guidance system. Meanwhile, Special Branch arrested a woman thought to be Quentin's secretary but she turned out to be a Surbiton housewife on a shopping spree in Bloomsbury. The real go-between was never found.

Betrayed by Quentin and spurned by people at the Tennis Club, Fanny's grip on reality and descent into unpredictable rages worried the Five, especially when she blamed their incessant and stupid adventuring for her humiliation. Julian took charge and arranged for a Sanitorium somewhere up north to look after her for a few weeks. When Dick and Anne asked Julian for the address of the asylum he was unable to recall it. George gave Timmy one of Fanny's old slippers to smell for a scent, but he recoiled in disgust and went AWOL for several days. It later turned out that he had gone to Lyme Regis, which was a resort well-known to the canine community for being kind and welcoming to dogs. To be continued.

Fanny was surprised to discover that Quentin now had an attractive young secretary to assist him with the tests on the secret prototype missile guidance system. He said that she was particularly competent at filing, with an unerring eye for putting things in the right places.

On the third day of their holiday, Julian revealed he had an important personal announcement to make, and George surprised everyone by deciding to go skinny dipping.

What really annoyed Timmy was not so much their insufferable superiority and snobbishness but that they smelt really awful. He believed their monstrous gluttony was the reason for this.

This was the morning that Dick finally faced up to his pipe-smoking obsession and Anne discovered a well-thumbed edition of 'Health & Efficiency' in Aunt Fanny's needlework box.