Chapter 717 They Meet Again

The road was extremely rocky. Her body ached from all the bumps she had absorbed since the ride began. She felt as if everything she ate for dinner was going to be jolted out of her mouth. Fred’s situation was in stark contrast with hers. He was sleeping so soundly under these bumps and jostling that he was even snoring. Nell could not help but admire this skill of his. His body was about to fall off the bench due to the intense jostling. Nell quickly leaned forward and clutched him. She returned to her seat once she had steadied him. As she was doing all of that, she was also in her head counting the time that had passed since they began their journey. There was no clock in the village, and she did not have a watch on her. She had to gauge the time of the day by relying on the position of the sun in the sky. This was definitely an upsetting thing to do, but there was nothing she could do but to endure it. The oxcart finally stopped after what she felt was an hour and a