Chapter 16: Spencer Explains

⁠​​​‌​​​​​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌⁠A sustained rapping on the inner door of the hut roused Helen from dreamless sleep. In the twilight of the mind that exists between sleeping and waking she was bewildered by the darkness, perhaps baffled by her novel surroundings. She strove to pierce the gloom with wide-open, unseeing eyes, but the voice of her guide broke the spell.

"Time to get up, signora. The sun is on the rock, and we have a