CHAPTER 13
Two metres from the hatch, the shaft of the well opened out so that there was enough space for several people to stand in.
Samuel tugged three times on the rope that was binding him. There was a pause in his lowering and then he started being hauled back to the top of the well. When he emerged into the sunlight, he practically jumped over the wall in excitement, trying to tell Johnathan and Erin what he’d seen before they’d finished turning the well's handle.
‘Slow down, Samuel,’ Erin said swiftly. ‘You’re burbling like a small child, and I can’t make any sense of it.’
Samuel took a deep breath and started again. ‘What I said was that there’s a metal hatch down there in a space easily wide enough for the three of us to get to. It’s got that weird symbol on it too, so it’s de
