Chapter Twenty-Four
Even though Elspeth wants to hang around, she leaves the Observatory, wondering if the people here saw the missiles being launched and realised what they meant. Maruman tells Elspeth that Hannah came here, carrying Hannah’s bones and following her mother’s dream. Which is complete nonsense, what is he talking about? Hannah could never have come here, could she? She couldn’t possibly because she wouldn’t have survived all the taint, which was still only years old! Swallow comes to Elspeth to say that there really isn’t anything of value here, because they have no idea how to work most of this stuff. So, they close the door on the place, and Elspeth wonders if it will be ever opened again. Which is a good question, will this place be opened up to people when the taint recedes enough? Or will it have eroded first? Swallow makes the interesting discovery of running water, but it is more interesting than that, because, it is coming from a Beforetime pipe!
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