After three days of recovery, Miles Vaughn and Peter Owens could get out of bed, move around, and talk. When they learned they had been unconscious for a month and a half, both were in disbelief.
With the excavation of the cave imminent, everyone except the two children got busy. Evelyn Ford used lime to mark the positions and dimensions for carving on the cave wall, and they began working in pairs.
Evelyn Ford was modeling the design after a traditional cave dwelling, a layout that was not only safe but also relatively warm.
"What a miserable existence. My entire life has been spent either wandering or digging fields and building houses. If there's a next life, I hope it's an easier one."
Evelyn Ford shot Quincy a look. "Try to keep working while you're talking. Everyone else is digging, but you take a five-minute break after every shovelful and then spend ten minutes with your hands on your hips spouting nonsense. At the end of the day, you've only dug a single square meter."
