Carolyn Keene - The Ringmasters Secret

"This is so marvelous I could cry. It's the best mystery Nancy ever solved."

"It was swell," George agreed. "But you just wait. Another good mystery will come Nancy's way and I'll bet it won't be long, either."

George was right! Nancy had hardly recovered from her days at the circus when she was confronted with The Scarlet Slipper Mystery .

During the evening, it seemed as though each performer outdid himself. Nancy herself felt as if she had never done her stunt riding so well. The wedding plans had been announced to the audience, and after the finale, everyone stayed in his seat.

The happy bride and her real prince were married in the great circus ring. Then, as they walked out together smiling, to the tune of the Mendelssohn march, the applause was thunderous.

A reception had been arranged in the cafeteria tent. In one corner on a large table the wedding gifts were displayed. Prominent among them was the picture of Nancy Drew, standing on a horse in her circus costume. Lola Flanders had asked Eloise Drew for it. A little later the radiant bride said to Nancy:

"This will be a constant reminder of the most wonderful girl I have ever met!"

Then Lolita held up her arm on which she was wearing the beautiful horse-charm bracelet.

"Are you sure you want me to have this as a wedding gift?" she asked Nancy.

"Of course I do," Nancy replied. "The bracelet came from a queen and now it has come back to one—the queen of aerialists!"