The Man with the Golden Tongue

“Don’t touch – it’s poisonous,” Jess Ponder tells schoolmate Leo Sleepwell, when he sees a trail of dried, gold saliva on the seal of an envelope. The letter it contained was sent to Jess by the notorious Nine-carat, aka ‘The Man with the Golden Tongue’.

,,Nu atingeti - este otravitor", ii spune Jess Ponder, agentul ,,Double A-Star" al Agentiei Secrete a Scolilor, colegului de scoala si maestru al biletului falsificat, Leo Sleepwell, cand vede o dara de saliva aurie uscata. pe sigiliul unui plic. Scrisoarea pe care o continea a fost trimisa lui Jess de celebrul Nine-carat, alias ,,Omul cu limba de aur".