She could then reach what appeared to be much less rocky ground than there had been in front of the building.
But it was definitely a long drop and she felt rather frightened.
It was then unexpectedly from beneath her a voice asked,
“Can I help you?”
She looked down and saw a man gazing up at her.
She realised that he had spoken to her in English.
“I would be very very grateful if you could do so,” she answered. “I am frightened of falling and it’s such a long way back to the front of the Temple.”
He smiled.
“This is definitely the quickest way if you want to return to civilisation. But you will have to trust me not to let you fall.”
She then glanced down and thought once again that it was dangerous and that she might hurt herself.
Admittedly there was plenty of grass on the grou
