McDougall and Martin seemed to have seen nothing, for their faces didn’t show any kind of surprise.
Lucy approached them, and the doctor rose, followed by the others.
- Okay doctor Sinclair, can we have a look at the children now? - Asked McDougall.
Lucy grinned: - Oh, the children are in excellent conditions, they need absolutely no medical assistance. -
- Take us to the wounded, then. Where are they hiding? The huts are all empty. -
Lucy became serious. Her eyes lowered a little: - There is nobody else in the village. They left before I arrived. -
McDougall took out his spectacles, and cleaned them with the rim of his shirt, an automatic gesture he must have done countless of times without even noticing. Then he put them back on: - You are not saying that you and the kids are the o
