Chapter 342019—early January
It didn’t take long for the group to assemble in one end of the garage. Eric looked around the area, and spotted workbenches and a large rolling tool chest of the kind that mechanics used.
“How do we know that this is where the blacksmith shop used to be?” he said.
“Two things,” Carlton said. “One, the workmen found bits and pieces of charcoal all over the place at this end of the building, along with a very old forge; and two, don’t you feel the cold? It’s not as bad here as it was upstairs in the little folly, but it’s still pretty cold.”
“Yeah,” Eric said, “and I withdraw the question.”
“Are we ready to proceed?” Lydia said.
“Absolutely,” Eric said, and settled down in a folding lounge chair. “I’ll go first.”
While Lydia settled in her own chair, Carl
