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Autoren: Anthony Horowitz
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brought the two ends together and dropped it back into the grate. It clanged against the stone.
    ‚We enforce strict discipline here at the academy,‛ Dr. Grief said. ‚Bedtime is at ten o’clock—not a minute past. We do not tolerate bad language. You will have no contact with the outside world without our permission. You will not attempt to leave. And you will do as you are told instantly, without hesitation. And finally…‛ He leaned toward Alex. ‚You are permitted only in certain parts of this building.‛ He gestured with a hand, and for the first time Alex noticed a second door at the far end of the room. ‚My private quarters are through there.
    You will remain on the first and second floors only. That is where the bedrooms and classrooms are located. The third and fourth floors are out of bounds. The basement also. This again is for your safety.‛
    ‚You’re afraid I’ll trip on the stairs?‛ Alex asked.
    Dr. Grief ignored him. ‚You may leave,‛ he said.
    ‚Wait outside the office, Alex,‛ Mrs. Stellenbosch said. ‚Someone will be along to get you.‛
    Alex stood up.
    ‚We will make you into what your parents want,‛ Dr. Grief said.
    ‚Maybe they don’t want me at all.‛
    ‚We can arrange that too.‛
    Alex left.
    ‚An unpleasant boy … a few days … faster than usual … the Gemini Project … closing down…‛
    If the door hadn’t been so thick, Alex would have been able to hear more. The moment he had left the room he had cupped his ear against the keyhole, hoping to pick up something that might be useful to MI6. Sure enough, Dr. Grief and Mrs. Stellenbosch were busily talking on the other side, but Alex heard little and understood less.
    A hand clamped down on his shoulder and he twisted around, annoyed with himself. A so-called spy caught listening at keyholes! But it wasn’t one of the guards. Alex found himself looking up at a round-faced boy with long, dark hair, dark blue eyes, and pale skin. He was wearing a very old Star Wars T-shirt, torn jeans, and a baseball cap. Recently he had been in a fight, and it looked like he’d gotten the worst of it. There was a bruise around one of his eyes and a gash on his lip.
    ‚They’ll shoot you if they catch you listening at doors,‛ the boy said. He looked at Alex with hostile eyes. Alex guessed that he was the sort of boy who wouldn’t trust anyone easily. ‚I’m James Sprintz,‛ he said. ‚They told me to show you around.‛
    ‚Alex Friend.‛
    ‚So what did you do to get sent to this dump?‛ James asked as they walked down the corridor.
    ‚I got expelled from Eton.‛
    ‚I got thrown out of a school in Dusseldorf.‛ James sighed. ‚I thought it was the best thing that ever happened to me. Until my dad sent me here.‛
    ‚What does your dad do?‛ Alex asked.
    ‚He’s a banker. He plays the money markets. He loves money and he has lots of it.‛ James’s voice was flat and unemotional.
    ‚Dieter Sprintz?‛ Alex remembered the name. He’d made the front page of every newspaper in England a few years before. The hundred-million-dollar man. That was how much he had made in just twenty-four hours. At the same time, the pound had crashed and the British government had almost collapsed.
    ‚Yeah. Don’t ask me to show you a photograph, because I don’t have one. This way…‛
    They had reached the main hall with the dragon fireplace. From here, James showed him into the dining room, a long, high-ceilinged room with six tables and a window leading into the kitchen. After that, they visited two living rooms, a games room, and a library. The academy reminded Alex of a ski resort-and not just because of its setting. There was a sort of heaviness about the place, a sense of being cut off from the real world. The air was warm and silent, and despite the size of the rooms, Alex couldn’t help feeling claustrophobic. Grief had said that there were only six boys currently at the school. The building could have housed sixty. Empty space was everywhere.
    There was nobody in either of the living rooms—just a collection of armchairs, desks, and tables—but they found a couple of boys in the library. This was a long, narrow room with old-fashioned oak shelves lined with books in a variety of languages. A suit of medieval Swiss armor stood in an alcove at the far end.
    ‚This is Tom. And Hugo,‛ James said. ‚They’re probably doing extra math or something, so we’d better not disturb them.‛
    The two boys

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