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"Let's just take this one step at a time," Rebecca said "We have to find soado did Then maybe we can convince Samantha or David to help us"

"If we can't?"

"Then we'll have to think of soht of another plan, but she knew better than to tell Prudence If they couldn't get Samantha or David to believe them, then the only hope would be to take soado had done to Miss Brighaer, into a child, then he would be easy enough to defeat

She knew better than to tell Prudence because she knehat Prudence would say Prudence would say that's what Reverend Crane had done to the to do Rebecca would have to carry out that part of the plan on her own

They reached the fountain cave at last Molly began to whiht outside and that from the fountain, it wasn't too dark, but Rebecca suspected the baby's fear had another source This was the place where her old life had been stripped away fro bad will happen to you I promise"

"What do we look for now?" Prudence asked

"Tracks," Rebecca said "Could you take her for a minute?"

Rebecca passed Molly to Prudence The baby started to cry louder, despite Prudence's efforts to comfort her Meanwhile, Rebecca bent down to study the tracks in the dust of the cave She recognized the footprints of Mr Delgado, his boots different from the shoes the boys on the island wore The narrower footprints had to be those of Miss Brigham

She followed the prints around, until she reached a spot several feet froham's footprints were partially wiped out, as if she'd scraped her feet across the ground The prints becaht on her shoes "This is it This is where it happened," Rebecca said "Bring Molly over here"

Prudence carried the baby over She stared at the footprints "What's that?"

"These are her footprints," Rebecca explained "This is where it happened"

She stood up so she could look Molly in the eye "He didn't push you in, did he?" Molly blinked three times for no "He threw the water on you Here" The baby blinked twice for yes

"Is this going to be enough proof?" Prudence asked

"No, but it's a start," Rebecca said "Co there"