The 39 Clues Book 7: The Viper's Nest (20 page)
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Authors: Peter Lerangis
Tags: #Fiction, #General, #Action & Adventure - General, #Children's Books, #Adventure stories (Children's, #YA), #Children's Fiction, #Action & Adventure, #Juvenile Fiction, #Historical, #Family, #Ages 9-12 Fiction, #Children: Grades 4-6, #Juvenile Mysteries, #Brothers and sisters, #Children's stories, #Orphans, #Orphans & Foster Homes, #Family - Siblings, #Other, #Ciphers, #Historical - Ancient Civilizations, #Historical - Other, #Family & home stories (Children's, #Code and cipher stories, #Mysteries; Espionage; & Detective Stories, #Cahill; Dan (Fictitious character), #Cahill; Amy (Fictitious character)
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"He said Grace loved it," Nellie said.
"A
reminder,
guys," Dan said. "Grace wrote that his music was a reminder of something sad."
"Uh ... I'm not following," Amy said.
"Amy, you want to know what branch we belong to?" Dan said. "Well, it would be the same one as Mom and Dad, right?"
"Yeah ..."
"And they were M, Amy! They were able to see this Chinese leader because they were M. And Grace couldn't look at this music
because it made her think of them."
Dan's face grew red, his raspy voice rising. "Did you read this cover sheet? Did you read this closely? Do you want to know who we are? Look at the third line!"
He held the music up to her face:
Mon coeur se recommande a vous
by Orlando di Lasso
A Madrigal, in Four Parts
Madrigal.
Amy blinked, gathering her senses, and closed Grace's book.
Placing it on the table, facedown, she noticed a photo had been laminated onto the back cover.
Arthur and Hope, looking young and happy, with their arms around a gaunt, unsmiling man.
From head to toe, he was dressed in black.
