Topical Guide 843
Mark Dorset
Setting: Real, Remembered, Fictional
At Home with the Glynns, Chapter 28:
They led me at a run to the back of the house.
“You go up here,” said Martha, pointing, whispering. “Climb onto the top of the wall, go over to the corner, under that window, and up the ladder.”
“What ladder?”
“You’ll see,” said Margot.
“See you in a few minutes,” said Martha. “Be patient.”
They trotted off, around the corner of the house. I heard the front door bang, and, imagining myself as Rocky in the film, climbed up onto the little shed that sheltered the trash cans, clambered onto the wall that enclosed the courtyard, and walked along the wall to a corner of the house, where I waited. In a little while, the window of the girls’ bedroom opened, and from it a rope ladder fell onto my head.
See also:
Setting: Dark, Secluded, Dangerous TG 555; Romantic, Willow-Pattern-Like TG 842
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