I'm beginning to think this is the scene I was thinking of - thanks Pete.pete9012S wrote:It's Goon who follows The Find Outers in Secret Room. Don't the Secret Seven follow people in the snow too?
The mystery of the secret room
Down to Milton House again
Next morning the Five Find-Outers and Buster set off to Milton House. The snow was very thick, and they left the marks of their footprints behind them.
Pips and Bets had to pass Mr. Goon's house to meet the others, and the policeman saw them. He wondered if they were doing something he ought to know about. He felt so certain that the children were on the track of some mystery, and old Clear-Orf couldn't bear the idea of their getting in first again. He decided to follow them.
He couldn't very well ride his bicycle in the thick snow, so he set out on foot, keeping them in sight, but trying not to be seen himself. However, as soon as Pip and Bets joined up with the others, Buster knew they were being followed.
He stopped and growled, looking back along the road. The children turned too, and caught sight of the familiar dark-blue uniform slipping into a gateway.
Chrissie - Tally Ho is one of my favourites, but I think the scene I was remembering was indeed Secret Room - which I've probably read a lot less than the other books. I was thinking the children were following someone, but it was the part where they look back and see Goon, I think!