When that slight noise came out of his mouth his head jerked and he stared at her. ‘Witch,’ he said in a raspy whisper before taking in a deep bre...th. She could tell he was trying to yell, although his volume didn’t increase any thanks to her spell. ‘Witch.’ ‘Murderer,’ she hissed back. His face fell, tightened, his eyes closed. Guilt suffused his expression, even over the panic and fear. ‘Speak true,’ she said, her voice coming out in a harsh whisper. ‘My village that you helped to destroy but. “Of course Miss Lenore,” said Andrew. “And Elizabeth, make sure our friend Andrew gets the House Special.” Elizabeth quickly smiled. “Of course Miss Lenore. It will be my pleasure.” Elizabeth escorted Andrew away as Miss Lenore turned to Winnie. “Now, let’s you and I have a chat, shall we? Give Thomas your bag and follow me.” Thomas knelt down and grabbed her bag as Winnie began to follow Miss Lenore. Then she stopped and exclaimed, “Wait! I need something from my bag!” “What’s that child?”. I looked to see where the shell came from, there was nothing then about a mile away I saw this bright yellow thing moving, I had some field glasses about fifty magnification and there she was, Miss Smith, waving, with this sniper rifle in her hand, hell I was a sitting duck, she out - ranged me by about a mile and a half, but she was headed my way. It took about a quarter hour for her to get to me, she was wearing that short yellow dress over some camouflage slacks and shirt, her gun was in the. This happens a lot.She was breathless too. Not from thrashing about, I realised – though there had been an agreeable amount of the bouncy stuff prior to this particular moment – but from something more subtle. A tiny gasp, reminded me that some joys are so exquisite to contemplate, that you momentarily forget to breathe. This doesn’t happen as much.She looked up at me, eyes wide, lip slightly bitten. And that was when I saw the look that I will carry with me into dotage. It was the look of.