"Could they be Nazis?" Robin said.
"I don't know, it's hard to tell, especially as I haven't seen them," Hilary replied, looking at the cleft.
Miranda crawled to the cleft so no-one heard her. Jodie followed her.
"HI THERE!" Miranda called.
"There is no need to shout," whispered Jodie.
"Hello. Who are you?" asked Robin.
"I'm Miranda and I came from the future. This is Jodie, also from the future," Miranda said.
"Are you Nazis?" the question passed Robins lips before she could stop it.
"There aren't any Nazis in the future, so far as I'm aware," Jodie said.
"Oh?" was all Robin could say.
"We ought to get up there,” Hilary said.
Robin clambered up Hilary and jumped up into the passage.
“Rob, are you all right? What is it like?” Hilary asked.
“Half left, I would have thought,” Jodie said, cheerfully.
“I was speaking to Robin,” said Hilary.
“Ever
so much lighter,” said Robin, trying to make peace. “Can you get up,
Hilary? I believe we can get out this way, and these two ought to come
with us. There must be a big hole somewhere, and it faces to the west,
for the sunlight is pouring in,”
“Rob! I’m going to toss up the
girdle from my frock. See if you can find a knob at either side of the
opening to fasten it – clove-hitch knots, mind. Then I’ll jump, and if
it holds I think I can haul myself up. Are there any knobs?”
Jodie found a knob. “There’s one here,” she said.
“And one a little higher,” Robin said. “It won’t be straight. Will that matter? It is not much,”
“So long as it isn’t too squint! Here you are; catch!” Hilary tossed up the bundle, and Robin tied it on the knob, and it was secure.
“It’s ready, Hilary. Can you manage?”
“I’ve
got to. Shine the light on it, Rob, so I have some idea where to grab.
Now then! I’m coming!” and she managed to get up, and reached there just
as Joey entered the cave, although the girls weren’t to know.
The 4 girls went down the passage, and reached the hole. There was a bush in the way.
Hilary
produced her scout-knife, and cut a chunk. They were quiet as they
could. Hilary didn’t cut much, and the girls wriggled through. Their
hair did make it look as if they’d been dragged through a hedge
backwards.
“We can’t stop a minute!” Hilary said, grabbing Robins
hand and Jodies hand. “It will be dark in no time, and I haven’t the
faintest idea where we are.”
“I have, though.” Robin said. “We are
just about ten minutes from the summit, and it is a straight path down
to the Sonnalpe. Also, Hilary, it will be a starry night, and the moon
rises early. We shall be quite safe. But had we not better return to the
picnic place?”
“No, straight home is our best bet. Don’t talk, you three. Keep your breath for the journey. You’ll need it,” Hilary said.
The
4 girls marched down the path, Hilary setting the pace, and all 4 girls
at one point or another felt they’d never get there. Then they saw the
twinkling lights of a car.
“Hilary! And our Vogelein! What are you doing out here at this hour? And who are the two other girls? I do not recognise them,”
“Gottfried!”
cried Robin. “Oh, but I am glad to see thee! We have been having a
picnic, and Hilary and I were seperated from the rest, and Hilary would come down instead of going to seek them.”
“Oh, and these two we picked up when we were seperated. Their names are Miranda and Jodie.” Hilary added.
“Now we will have you all home speedily. Have the others reached school yet?” Gottfried asked.
“I’ve no idea,” said Hilary. “I shouldn’t think so. But if we
go back to school, someone could take the car and go to meet them. I
knew Rob mustn’t be out in the night-air, so I just hustled her back,
and I don’t know about these two,” Hilary said.
“And were quite right,” The Doctor said. “Our Blumchen is not a night-blooming flower. She is best in the house then,”
He
dropped off Hilary at the school, and Jodie and Miranda. Hilary started
to explain Jodie and Miranda to Miss Annersley. Miss Annersley just
shoved the 3 girls to bed, after hunting out beds available for Jodie
and Miranda, and prepared to see Jodie and Miranda in the morning, at
any rate.
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What in the CS isn't lime green?
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I hope the girls are ok though!!