She paused for a short moment.
Then, as Mr. and Mrs. Taylor did not speak, she went on,
“They were all strangers and they most certainly did not come from Wiltshire. There were quite a number of them too and laughing in what I thought was an unpleasant manner.”
It was then that she was aware that Mr. and Mrs. Taylor were looking at each other.
She felt, although it just seemed incredible, they were not surprised at what she had said to them.
“They be in Monk’s Wood?” Taylor asked at last very slowly. “Now what on earth do you think that they’d be doin’ there, Mother?”
He looked at his wife as he spoke.
She did not answer, but seemed to be busying herself pouring out more tea into her cup. Although it was already nearly full.
Vanda looked from one to the other and then she asked the
