In the pit.
"Are you alright?"
He asked as soon as he got to the base of the pit. His eyes keen on her as he rushed to the girl. The girl was still lying on the earth, her face buried in the wet soil.
The Professor rolled her over and helped her up. But what he saw bruised his wit. He could see a wild smile seeped in the face of the girl. He thought for a while what to think.
"Don't tell me this is a trick."
He said, letting go of the girl who was just standing up. He didn't know what he would be forced to do to her if she had made a fool of him.
"How can I being hurt be a trick?"
She said turning her elbow over towards him so that he could see the bruises. The Professor wasn't convinced. He asked,
"Then why did you laugh?"
She took two steps away from him, few steps away from the wooden cage, buried half way in the wet soil.
She turned at him,