C12 Chapter 12

They had entered a small clearing in the forest. In the background were remnants of the walls of a long-gone smallholding.

“Oh, goodness,” muttered Nataniel.

“I didn’t see anything,” Ellen said pitifully. “Was it the houses that ...”

“No, no, didn’t you see the lath fence?”

“The fallen lath fence? What about it?”

Reluctantly he let her go. Ellen anxiously turned around.

“No