Penny could have walked on the bridge as where she wanted to go was near to the mansion but at the same time, she knew there were people in the mansion who were watching her footsteps. People like Lady Fleurance, her daughter Grace, and some servant's eyes which she felt followed her every time she walked past them.
Once the carriage she was sitting in crossed the bridge and moved towards the forest which appeared as if it had disappeared, "Stop, right here," she instructed the coachman who pulled the reins of the horses on her word, "Stay here, I will be back," she said after stepping down to see the man bow.
She started to walk back towards the mansion before taking a different route with the food the butler had packed for her. Making her way towards the dungeon, she stepped inside there that passed light every now and then due to the way it was constructed.
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