Chapter Twenty – Harriet Unveiled
A SHORT TIME LATER, Carrie and Dave were slumped on the ground in the same spot. With the help of their torches, they’d searched the river bank. There was no escape. The bank they’d landed on was only a few metres wide and deep. Behind them the rocky wall was solid and stretched smoothly to the roof of the cave without any foot- or handholds, let alone any exit. Before them the turbulent river ran, glinting blue in the torchlight.
“Any ideas?” asked Dave.
Carrie shrugged. “Swim? Maybe there’s an exit to the surface further down, or maybe the river flows under a mountain into a cave where we can get out.”
“I don’t like the sound of that. You know I’m still not a very strong swimmer, and who knows where this river goes? What if it flows into a tunnel wit
