C114 No Mercy

Beneath the maple tree, with its leaves a withered yellow, lay a person in slumber. Rupert was surveying the surroundings when he heard a sound that seemed to emanate from this individual. Hortense, for reasons unknown, had lost her senses and paid no heed to the person's advice, leaping about with abandon.

Rupert sensed that the young lady was behaving oddly today