Proposing Marriage

For Cabin, the danger at this time was not the risk itself but the filthiness of the situation. He imitated Dason's behavior, bracing his feet on the walls of the cesspit. With a sound, he stretched an arm into the cesspit, holding his breath and fumbling around with his hands. At this moment, many people had gathered outside, having heard Hilda and the others' shouts. Among them was Dason's mother, Christine, who fainted upon hearing that her son had fallen into the cesspool. The village chief,...