The Empty Coffins (2011)
“Meadows asked, as Peter got out of the car on his own side and came round the bonnet.
“And waiting. I only wish I had a gun.”
Meadows took his automatic from his pocket and held it in readiness.
“So long as I have,” he said. “Come along....”
They squeezed through the gap in the railings and, after stumbling over several graves, reached the more or less open space that led to the ruin of the old chapel. Without a word they progressed, mud oozing over their shoes, the light of the... moon reflecting from a myriad small puddles where the rain of the night had not yet been absorbed.
“There’s the wall.” Peter said at last, pointing. “When I saw Elsie the first time she appeared round the far end of the old cloisters, so somewhere around there seems to be the place we want.”
“Good enough,” Meadows murmured, tugging a torch from his pocket.MoreLess
“And waiting. I only wish I had a gun.”
Meadows took his automatic from his pocket and held it in readiness.
“So long as I have,” he said. “Come along....”
They squeezed through the gap in the railings and, after stumbling over several graves, reached the more or less open space that led to the ruin of the old chapel. Without a word they progressed, mud oozing over their shoes, the light of the... moon reflecting from a myriad small puddles where the rain of the night had not yet been absorbed.
“There’s the wall.” Peter said at last, pointing. “When I saw Elsie the first time she appeared round the far end of the old cloisters, so somewhere around there seems to be the place we want.”
“Good enough,” Meadows murmured, tugging a torch from his pocket.MoreLess
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