Chapter 11Melina was becoming frightened.
It was hours since Bing had left her. He had told her that he might be some time as he wanted to move around the town and see if he could hear anything that would give him a clue to where the child was being kept prisoner.
“Try not to worry,” he had said. “You will be safe here and I promise you I will be back as soon as I possibly can.”
It did, in fact, seem to be a safe hiding place although it was so near the marketplace. The only visitors had been a few small children and when they had seen Bing and Melina sitting on the steps of the tomb they had run away as if they knew they were doing wrong in encroaching on sacred ground.
The sun was still high when Bing left and Melina lay in the shadow of the trees and listened to the birds chirping a
