Chapter Twenty-Five

"Here they are!" Boomed a loud voice followed by hurried footsteps. Sarah and Joel gasped as they woke and stared into the face of Harry. His workers were not far behind him.

"I knew I'd find you here." He laughed. Bending down, leaning forward, hands resting on his thighs he said, "Why, you leaving so soon?"

“Come along now.” Harry beckoned with his hand, “Before the weather gets worse. You don’t expect me to come to get you now, do you?”

Joel and Sarah came from under the ledge and Harry offered them jackets. “You shouldn’t have left the barn. Running around in this weather is not good for you. Don’t know what you were thinking.”

“Please just let us go, Harry,” Sarah begged. “You don’t need to do this.”

“I can’t do that, I’m sorry. You’re a decent group of people and Margaret wants you. She really likes you, hasn’t been this excited i