“That’s it. This is the place I remember.” Jones’ voice was quiet as they came around the shoulder of the hill. “Dechen was right. Look, down there.” She pointed lower down the slope and Edie saw the hummocks and tummocks of long-abandoned houses.
“It’s big,” she commented. “Why was it abandoned?”
“I don’t know. Pater doesn’t seem to have worked that out either. I think…Mama being killed meant that he wanted to leave as soon as possible. From his notes, he was excavating back near the cliffs. There was a chamber of some kind.” She gesticulated in the direction she meant. “Over there, I think. I can’t remember. I only have occasional dreams about Mama. I can’t remember actually being here. Perhaps I will remember more now I’ve returned as an adult.”
“Shall we go down?” Edie asked. It had
