Made of Library

“There’s a bridge downstream, just before the next town. Let’s just cross there instead.” “We can’t. There’s people there. Someone will see us and tell the constables. We have to cross here.” “It’s too dangerous, Dani. Look how fast the river is flowing. We’ll be swept out to sea before we get halfway across. And even if we did manage to get to the other side, we’ll be soaking wet, it’ll be dark soon. We’ll freeze to death.” “So what’s your suggestion? Cross at the bridge so that we can be spotted and jailed for theft? I thought we were in this together, Jakob.” Jakob sighed and sat down on a nearby tree stump. “We are in this together. I just didn’t realise that when you asked me to run away with you, you meant right now. I thought you meant, like, in a month, when we’d had a chance to make a plan.” “I saw an opportunity and I took it. The money was there, unattended, no one saw. But I had to take it then, otherwise I’d lose my chance. Now we’ve got enough money to ge