“It's
gotta be worth a try,” Fiona says.
Strauss
removes his cloak and quickly dissolves into Larry, Curly and Mo.
With ungainly agility they quickly scale the hedgerow to stand atop.
“The surface is unfirm,” they say, “but we believe it will
hold.”
Fiona
struggles to gain any purchase with the hedge, branches bending and
snapping in her hands. No matter how she tries, she cannot find
enough support to get her off the ground. She almost feels like
she's fighting it rather than climbing. “I don't think it will
take my weight,” she tells them after a few minutes. “I'm never
going to get up there.
“Then we
shall walk up here,” Strauss tells her, “to help guide you down
there. One of me will stay here, to give you directions, while the
other two will scout ahead.”
