Returning home, Dorothy hurries through the woods when she is horrified to see Col. Nancarrow removing Ferneyclough’s ears. She confronts him and he offers to help her. They head into the woods together…
End of Volume 1.
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"It must be noon; the dark cave mouth behind me still whispering; the thin sunlight rinsed of all warmth; I must go home, to Mama.
I keep my eyes on the path; above me the cliff from which Ferneyclough fell. I cannot bear to look. To see it. Hurry up, hurry up - Mamma will know what to do. Hurry, hurry: then stop. There’s someone here..."
