Chapter 29 No.29

On Sunday Vessons put his resolve-to go to the Mountain and reveal Hazel's whereabouts-into practice. If he had waited, gossip would have done it for him. He set out in the afternoon, having 'cleaned' himself and put on his pepper-and-salt suit, buff leggings, red waistcoat, and the jockey-like cap he affected. He arrived at the back door just as M