Flight of the Heron read-along: Part V chapters 1-2

[regshoe]

Tha's bahn' to catch thy deeath o' cowd...

Welcome back, everyone, and happy new year! We embark on the final Part...

Next week we'll continue with chapters 3 and 4 of Part V.

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[regshoe]

That's a good point about the soldiers—it's not a great position for them to be in, losing such an important prisoner so carelessly! I hope they don't suffer for their kindness.

High Bridge is certainly a feat of military engineering. I was reading Burt's Letters from the North of Scotland, written by an officer who worked on the building of Wade's roads, recently and he tells some pretty impressive stories about the work.

The incident of the girl's knife is an impressive bit of work from both of them—Ewen's quick thinking in taking advantage of his position as interpreter, then the girl's ingenious manoeuvring in getting the knife to him. A good moment.