Extravagant Idea

They walked down a dark and narrow passageway. It was unpaved and muddy at this time of year. Broken packing crates and planks of wood had been strewn indiscriminately here and there as stepping stones. Along both sides of the path were open drains which were covered in some places by concrete slabs but only where there was an entrance to a house. The stink from these drains was all pervasive and ...