Chapter Summaries and Commentaries

Part 2: Chapters 2 and 3

bluebells  any of various plants with blue, bell-shaped flowers, such as the harebell, Virginia bluebell, etc.

etiolated  pale and unhealthy.

knoll  a hillock; mound.

incredulity  unwillingness or inability to believe; doubt; skepticism.

thrush  any of a large family of passerine birds, including the European song thrush and blackbird.

belfry  a bell tower.

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