Chapter Twelve
Lucy shut her eyes and leaned against the brick wall. “I have made a foolish mistake and have dragged Cassy into it, too,” she thought. They stood in the middle of a strange city with no place to go and no one to turn to for help. She just wanted to go home.
“What now, Miss?” Cassy asked.
“We need to find Mr. Koessick.” Cassy’s frown deepened. “Impossible, I know, but we must try. He’ll know how to get us back to Winchester safely.” Lucy took a deep breath and lifted the heavy carpetbag. “Come on. We’ll walk until I can think of something better to do.” They walked nearly six blocks before Lucy stopped again. “Do you want to go back to the ship, Cass?” she felt defeated already and they had not been gone nearly an hour yet.
“Do you?”
“I don’t know.”
“I will go wherev
