Chapter 10 - Carriage Ride to CivićaDexter and Christina were joined at breakfast by Karen Bailey. There was no sign of Magda, but the old woman had obviously been hard at work before their rising. A fire burned in the grate and a cold repast of bread, fresh honey and cold sausage had been left for them on the table they'd occupied the previous night.
Karen reported that she'd slept well, “Like the dead” was the phrase she'd used, although there had been a brief period when, so she informed them, that it had been her turn to dream and that she'd dreamed of a strange place, below ground, like the catacombs of an ancient city, cold and dank, and that she'd heard the plaintive voice of a man, sad and lonely, calling to her from beyond a heavy door through which she couldn't pass, no matter h
