Chapter 1

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

'JACK, DO HELP ME TO FASTEN THIS BRACELET' 24

'I'D GIVE ANYTHING, I'D ALMOST GIVE MYSELF, TO FIND IT' 48

'THE DOOR OPENED A LITTLE WIDER, AND TWO FACES APPEARED' 74

'I JUST STOOD STILL ... AND LOOKED WELL ROUND AT THE VIEW AND EVERYTHING' 130

'HER GRANDMOTHER ... WENT QUIETLY OUT OF THE PEW WITHOUT A NOTION BUT THAT THE CHILD WAS BESIDE HER' 153

'WE RAN OVER THE FIELDS BY A SHORT CUT TO A STILE ON TO THE ROAD, WHERE WE COULD SEE HER PASS, AND THERE WE SHOUTED OUT AGAIN ALL OUR MESSAGES' 168

'WE ALL THREE SAT LISTENING AND LISTENING' 175