Chapter Five'Brenda?' When I opened my eyes, Mary was staring at me. 'What on earth are you doing out here? You'll catch your death!'
I smiled at her. 'No, it's perfectly all right.' I rose, shook the water from my hair and laughed as she backed away. 'It's only rainwater, Mary. It won't bite.'
'The fire's on, and we have bacon sizzling,' Mary invited. 'We've been looking for you for ages. I thought you had wandered off somewhere and got lost.'
'Thank you, Mary,' I said. 'I've not been far away.'
The women were all dressing for the climb, testing boots and ropes, looking at the map, discussing the route and acting as though the events of the previous night had never taken place. Kate was talking animatedly to Christine, and Charlie was scribbling notes while Lorna tended the bacon.
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