Annotation - Chapter 15, Page 161

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  • (161:15) "it wer stoan trees growing unner the groun .... Roun trunks of stoan and each 1 had 4 stoan branches curving up and over"
Canterburycrypt.jpg

See this photo of the columns and arches of the crypt to get an idea of what Riddley is seeing. The interleaving of arches is almost mathematically regular, but with the texture of the stone and the variation between columns, it still suggests a living forest.