Chapter 8When Lukas awoke to find himself in Collen’s hut he was at first surprised. Then he remembered. He looked around for the hermit, but there was no sign of him. How much time had passed he could not tell but there could be no doubt it was long past the time he should have been back at the monastery.
Greatly refreshed after his sleep he started back along the path, only to hesitate before he had gone more than a few steps to change his mind. He decided to return to the monastery along the tunnel. It was shorter and quicker and he would be able to have one more look for the marked stone and the mystery of the chained woman. He felt less frightened of doing this now that Brother Collen shared his knowledge.
The stones in the hermit’s wall had not been disturbed since the day he had m
