Ch.16b Exploring the Village (Lawrence & William)

[Bullfrog]

Would Track be of any use here?

[Philulhu]

Not initially as Nasoba’s not making any attempt to hide, but it will probably come in handy later.

Nasoba continued up the road for about half a mile until he came to a ramshackle building at the side of the road. It was single story, with clapboard walls and a shingle roof, outside of which a Native American woman scrubbed some clothes on a washboard over a bucket of soapy water. The silver-stroked dark hair that tied back with a simple bow suggested that Nasoba and her might be of a similar age.They spoke briefly, then the chief went over to where a young boy played in a makeshift sandpit. They spoke briefly before Nasoba ruffled his straight, dark hair, then he went to sit on a rocking chair on the porch, surveying all that he owned…

[Mr. Handy]

William follows Lawrence from far enough back that he cannot see Nashoba.

[Bullfrog]

Lawrence watches for a short time, taking note of the building's location, before turning away to walk back down the road towards Mrs. Hebert's house. Beckoning for him to follow, he whispers to William:
"We'll be coming back tonight. I don't expect either of us are going to be sneaking around three people in broad daylight, and Nashoba's just going to be more suspicious if we let him know that we followed him home."

[Mr. Handy]

William nods. "Whatever he's planning to do, it won't be until tonight anyway," he says. "We know where he lives, and we can come back later."

[Philulhu]

Where else would you like to go?

[Mr. Handy]

I'm not sure. Lawrence seemed to want to go back to Mrs. Hebert's, which is okay with me.

[Bullfrog]

I think Lawrence is perfectly content to spend a few hours at Mrs. Hebert's staring at his gun and breathing heavily.

[Philulhu]

That won’t be disturbing for everyone else, at all!

Alex & Ivy are still out investigating but I’ll wrap that up as soon as possible then we’ll move on.

[Philulhu]

We’re moving on to the next chapter: Hebert House