“Not a close dark wood, but light and open—just as at present?”
“A light and open coppice with plenty of bushes.”
“Could you, then, see through the wood?”
“No; I could see over it and beyond it, but not through the road, where I was standing.”
“On that day what time was it when you arrived?”
“My time was half-past five. Mother gave me my breakfast and sent me out. I suppose it must ha’ been about that time.”
“Very well. You went straight to the hillside and began your work, I suppose?”
“No; I went through the wood first.”
“What for?”
“To see the birds’ nests there.”