Chapter 16 crystal ball

The next morning, Kaspar and Zobel set off.Seeing the two of them holding tin cans, one would think they were picking strawberries.In fact, the jar contained ransom money, a penny would be good, no more and no less, for they had already counted it five times. Mr. Dingbell walked with them to the next street. "Then, do it well. Do you understand? If there is an accident, I will definitely go and get you back!" "Nothing like that will happen!" Kaspar said. Here, the roads parted.They had to part, Kaspar and Zobel towards the old stone cross in the forest, Mr Dingbemo towards the house of the widow Shura Tabek.

Mr. Dingbelmore had to ring the bell several times today, and Basty barked again. "Maybe Mrs. Shura Tarbeck overslept?" With great difficulty, the lady came out and opened the door.She had slippers on her bare feet, a knitted nightcap on her head, and a fur shawl with long tassels over her pajamas. "Okay, come in, please. Completely ready!" Candles were already lit on the table in the dark room.Beside the candle, on a black velvet cushion, stood a crystal ball the size of a coconut fruit, glowing pale blue. "Please don't touch it!" Mrs. Shuro Tarbeck reminded, "A little vibration will make it blurry. In this way, if you want to use it again, you have to wait for several hours, no, sometimes you have to wait for many days."

"But what is this for?" "Within fifty-two kilometers, everything that happens there can be seen with it, especially what happens outdoors." As the lady said, she came to the table, carefully grasped the corners on both sides of the cushion containing the crystal ball, and asked, "Where do you think Kaspar and Zobel are now?" Mr. Ding Beimo looked at his pocket watch: "Because it was ten past ten... Now, it probably won't be too far from the bridge area of ​​the Moss River." "Great, knowing that - seeing it right away." Mrs. Shura Tarbeck, with her pointed fingers, turned the mat and the ball this way and that way two or three times.

"Focus is always the most time-consuming." Madam said. "On the contrary, as long as it finds the target, it will follow itself in the future... But there is no need to talk about this! Look, the bridge over the Moss River—and, if I am not mistaken, in the depths of the forest there, there is a card Figures of Spal and Zobel." "Really?" asked Mr. Dingbellmore. Mrs. Shuro Tarbeck nodded, and pulled Mr. Ding Beimo's sleeve to her side. "Hey, come here, please take my seat. From now on, you can watch the movements of the two of you yourself. But please don't touch the table. Otherwise, everything will be useless!"

Mr. Ding Beimer was as careful as touching a sore.It was the first time in my life that I had to be so careful while sitting at the table. "Well done!" said Mrs. Shuro Tarbeck, "well, take a good look at the ball.—what do you see?" At first Mr. Dingbermore saw only a bluish light in the crystal ball, but gradually the shape of something emerged and became clearer, and he actually saw the figures of Kaspar and Zobel crossing the bridge.Not only that, you can even hear footsteps, and if you listen carefully, you can even hear what the two of them are saying. "Excuse me, how is this thing?"

"Did I ever say something that couldn't be done?" Mr. Ding Beimer was completely moved. "This is really remarkable!" he exclaimed, "Huo Zhenbo, if he finds out about this, he will be furious, right? That is to say, if he knows, through your crystal ball, the policeman can actually widen his eyes." Watch Kasper's movements."