As Amelia was coming out of the woods, just as she had thought, Richard was on his way to look for her. She chuckled to herself, as she thought about how predictable her lovely husband was. He walked up to her, put an arm around her shoulders, and held her close. As they both walked back to the camp, she noticed he still looked a little pale. Amelia told Richard about the stone cottage and he also hadn’t known of this cottage. As they approached the camp, they could hear the laughter of children playing. There in the distance was Elisha and Marjory running around the field. Mrs Dowell was waiting for them. “Hello you two, did you have a nice walk Amelia, it has put some colour in your cheeks?” Amelia nodded at Mrs Dowell.
“Richard was getting worried about you, so I stayed to keep an eye
