章 51: Problem Solved, Another Arises.

Back in the village of Woodbridge, Perdita, and Marco hurriedly went inside their house to see if the parchment they had was the right one.

"Did anyone find you sneaking inside the house?" Perdita questioned in a hushed voice as she waited for Marco to bring out the parchment he brought with him from the house of Mrs. Perkin.

"No," Marco negatively shook his head "I made sure no one saw me going and coming out of the house."

"That's good. You did well. Some of the villagers were just here some minutes ago before you arrived." Perdita informed Marco of the visit from the village women.

"What?" Marco exclaimed in surprise and inquired "What did they come for? Was it about Mrs. Perkin?"

"You know how they are, behaving like monitoring spirits. They came to know why I haven't been coming to the market. And also about Mrs. Perkin."

"Mrs. Perkin? What did you tell them?"