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Chapter 1, "Meeting"

• A Billeting Officer shows up at the country home of Thomas Oakley to drop off a child from the city of London during the bombings of WWII.

• Thomas Oakley is a man in his sixties, of average height and stocky stature, and a gruff personality.

• The boy is Willie, an eight-year-old whose mother wants him to be with someone who lives near a church.

• Tom brings Willie into his house and immediately marks a dot on the wall where he will put a peg for Willie to hang his coat.

• Tom cooks bacon for Willie, who attempts to eat it to be a good boy, but he cannot get the food down.

• The house is small, but comfortable.
• Tom notices bruises on Willie's legs.

• Tom goes for a walk and tells Willie to venture out into the graveyard that sits outside of the front door.

• Willie...

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