The Whispering: a Haunted House Mystery
“Nell locked the shop door, put the security shutters in place, and went across to the annexe behind the shop where she and Beth lived.
She put Bodkin aside and scanned the index of the first of the books lent by the bookseller. Would Holzminden be here? Yes, there was what looked like an entire chapter describing the camp, which had been opened in 1917 for British Officers. It had been a fairly small set-up, but had achieved a modest notoriety by being the scene of a successful escape – ten men... out of twenty-nine escapees made it back to Britain – and also because several moderately well-known figures had been held there.
‘The escape was effected by means of the men digging beneath the camp to beyond the walls of the compound,’ wrote one of the contributors, and in somewhat school-masterish fashion went on to describe the means and methods employed by the men. Nell skimmed this; the details of the actual digging and the tunnel’s length, and the home-made bellows system for the air system would probably be of interest to serious students of such things, and they were certainly reminiscent of WWII legends and the films.MoreLess
She put Bodkin aside and scanned the index of the first of the books lent by the bookseller. Would Holzminden be here? Yes, there was what looked like an entire chapter describing the camp, which had been opened in 1917 for British Officers. It had been a fairly small set-up, but had achieved a modest notoriety by being the scene of a successful escape – ten men... out of twenty-nine escapees made it back to Britain – and also because several moderately well-known figures had been held there.
‘The escape was effected by means of the men digging beneath the camp to beyond the walls of the compound,’ wrote one of the contributors, and in somewhat school-masterish fashion went on to describe the means and methods employed by the men. Nell skimmed this; the details of the actual digging and the tunnel’s length, and the home-made bellows system for the air system would probably be of interest to serious students of such things, and they were certainly reminiscent of WWII legends and the films.MoreLess
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