The Source (2008)
“'I know,' said Hackett. 'They've no right to keep us here.' 'The Father General can't let us leave,' said Sister Chantal, bitterly. 'Not until he's decided what to do with this place - and us.' Ross had slept fitfully, drifting into and out of consciousness. When he finally woke, the excruciating pain in his head had gone. The soldiers had corralled them within a copse of trees near to where Father Orlando's remains were buried. The trees and four boulders formed a natural enclosure, over which... the soldiers had erected a tarpaulin. Within this makeshift pen, each had been laid out on the mossy ground, their ankles and wrists secured with plastic ties. The soldiers had fed them and allowed them to use the latrines they had dug in the corner of the garden, but there was no doubt that they were prisoners. When he opened his eyes Ross saw two soldiers unpacking and stacking an arsenal of weapons beneath another tarpaulin shelter.
'Christ, look at the stuff they've brought with them,' said Hackett, craning his neck for a clearer view.MoreLess
'Christ, look at the stuff they've brought with them,' said Hackett, craning his neck for a clearer view.MoreLess
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