15/09/2026
Brother Thomas knelt down at the foot of the rock, and dragged a row of thick brushes to one side, revealing a wooden gate like, arched doorway. Carefully creaking it open, he stepped right inside the massive boulder. Geoffrey followed suit and marvelled at what he found.
It was a fully equipped home! Dry, large living quarters, big enough to house three or four people quite comfortably, had been hollowed out of the huge solid tuff boulder. A tiny hole in the high rounded ceiling, let in the pale dismal grey dawn, illuminating a few low wooden stools and rickety chairs scattered around the room.
The central point of the room was the small blackened brick fireplace, directly opposite the doorway. Circling out from either side of it were wide beige stone benches, which had been built into the light green tuff rock.
Extract from Kings and Queens
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