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'I like this,' Long said. 'We can have a good holiday again.'
'It's two-thirty,' I said. 'We're meeting Paxton at the hotel at three o'clock.'
Paxton was at the hotel. He had a book in his hands and
there was a smile on his face.
'Did you have a good morning, Paxton?' I asked.
'Yes, thank you,' he said. 'I did.'
Long and I wanted to wash. Paxton waited for us.
I went down again quickly, but Paxton wasn't there. Only his book was on the chair.
Long came down, too. 'Where's Paxton?' he asked.
'I don't know,' I said. 'Perhaps he's in his room."
But there was no answer at Paxton's door. We looked in the hotel garden but Paxton wasn't there. I was a little afraid now.
A hotel worker came to us. 'You're here!' she said.
'Yes,' I answered. 'Why did you say that?'
'Mr Paxton isn't here,' she said. 'He wanted to see you and Mr
Long. You were in front of the hotel. You shouted to him. He said ... '
'We didn't shout to him. We were in our room!'
We didn't shout to Paxton. Who did? I was very afraid now.
'Paxton!' I said. 'He's in danger!'
In front of the hotel, we looked for our friend.
'I can't see him!' I shouted.
The hotel worker was at the door behind us.
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'He went to the beach,' she said. 'He wanted to see you and Mr Long.'
"Thank you!'
Long and I started to run. It was difficult on the beach, but we
didn't stop.
"There! I can see him,' Long said.
There was a person on the beach, but he was far away.
We shouted again and again.
'Paxton! Come back, Paxton!'
'We're here!'
But there was a lot of noise from the wind and the sea. Paxton
didn't hear us.
'What ... what's he doing?'
'I don't know. I can't see from here.' 'Look at this, Long!' I shouted.
There were footprints on the beach from Paxton's shoes.
'And look at this!'
This was a footprint, too. But it wasn't Paxton's.
'But what's wrong with it?' Long asked.
"This person didn't have shoes,' I said..
'Was it a person?' Long said. 'Perhaps it was an animal ...' The footprint was very thin.
I didn't answer. A name came into my head - William Agers. But William Agers was dead!
'Quick!' I shouted.
We started to run again. Where was Paxton now?
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Footprint/(n) There are footprints on my beautiful floor!
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We arrived at a tall old building on the beach. Long and I started to go up it.
'Where is he?' I asked Long.
Long opened his mouth, but he didn't answer. There wasn't time.
Suddenly, there was a noise. It was a person. A shout. But where did it come from?
'Who's that?' I shouted.
We looked down.
'No!' I shouted.
There was a man on the ground. It was our friend Paxton. He didn't move. His dead eyes looked up at us.
I looked at the dark sea..
'Paxton was right,' I said. 'He did it.'
'Who?' Long asked. 'I don't understand.'
'Agers protected the crown. He was dead, but he protected the crown.'
'But how?' Long said.
I had an answer, but I didn't want to say it.
It was magic. Paxton wanted to find us. He went to the old building. He started to run. Suddenly, the shadow was there. But now it wasn't only a shadow. It was William Agers, and he was angry. Paxton looked into those cold, dead eyes.
And now Paxton was dead, too.
'What now?' I asked.
'There's a police station in town,' Long said.
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We walked back on the beach. The footprints weren't there now. They were under the cold waters of the sea.
I don't remember my time at the police station very well. Only questions, questions, questions:
'Why were you on the beach?'
'Who was there?'
'How did you know Paxton?'
'What did you see?'
Long and I answered all of them. Yes, there was a man on the beach with Paxton. No, we didn't know him. He was very far away. Long and I had the same story, and the police believed us.
But we didn't talk to them about the crown - or about William Agers.
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Long and I went away from Seaburgh. That was my last visit there. I'm never going to go to Seaburgh again.
And that's my story. You don't believe me! That's OK - I understand. Before this, I didn't believe stories about magic and dead people.
But listen to this, please.
Don't go to the small town of Seaburgh.
The little church near the sea is beautiful, but don't go near it.
Don't walk up the hill near the sea and don't look for the last crown. Why? Because a person in Seaburgh is watching and waiting. He's dead, but that doesn't stop him. He has a job. The crown protects England, and he protects the crown.
He is always going to protect the crown.
And me? I'm at home again. I see my friend Long sometimes, but we never talk about our holiday in Seaburgh.
I do my job every day, and I'm happy. But at night I don't sleep very well.
In my bedroom, in the dark, I close my eyes and listen to the wind. I see a cold, dark sea. And under a hill, the last crown sits and waits.
The End.🔚
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