‘That looks to me like it used to be attached, to the main house, I mean.’ ‘It was,’ James said. ‘The sunken garden was a bit of the old cellar I think. Runs the length of the larger house, still.’ ‘Strange thing to do then, knock down the bit in the middle.’ ‘It was a long time ago,’ James said.
Could if been used for all sorts back in the day, if it was in the US I’d think things like slave running, to help them I mean, the Underground Railroad, gun running, bootleg booze etc etc being England my mind goes to priest holes & similar, but the gun running, would still work, but knowing this author over 4 books this far, well, who knows!?!
