The children decide it is time to confide in Great-Uncle Merry. That night, the Grey House is burgled while everyone is sound asleep. He asks some probing questions which arouse Jane's suspicions again, and she decides to return home. The man at the vicarage is not the writer of the guidebook, but he offers to help Jane. She realises that the map in the guidebook is similar to the secret map, but also different somehow, so she decides to visit the vicar. While Jane is alone in the Grey House, she finds a guidebook to Trewissick in an old trunk, written by the local vicar. The boys are thrilled, but Jane feels suspicious and declines to join them. Withers and his sister Polly, who invite them to go fishing on their yacht. The family are visited at the Grey House by a very friendly Mr. The children decide to keep the discovery to themselves. The children examine it, and Barney realises that the map refers to King Arthur and his knights. One day, while playing indoors, the children find an attic and Barney discovers a map and manuscript hidden under a floorboard. They stay in The Grey House, which belongs to a Captain Toms, who has left behind his red setter Rufus for them to look after. Simon, Jane and Barney Drew visit the seaside village of Trewissick in Cornwall with their parents, to stay with " Great-Uncle Merry". 015259034X Over Sea, Under Stone, UK 1st ed.
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