The Following Thursday

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The following Thursday, while the members of the academy were busy discussing dictionaries, Daniel Brereton experienced a powerful sense of familiarity as he walked through the fire garden. 

Daniel Brereton in the Fire Garden

Low-flying birds watched him with suspicion.

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