Chapter 67

He slowed and came to a halt about a few hundred yards from the structure and said, “This is it.”

“What?”

“That tower just ahead.”

“What about it?”

“It’s my mountain hideaway.”

He started slowly up the hill toward a driveway protected by a gate, which I hadn’t noticed at first glance. As we drew closer, I inspected the building more carefully. I couldn’t, at first, judge how tall it was, but later learned that it rose about sixty feet from ground level. It appeared to be rectangular, but I had no feel for its dimensions from my present point of view. Most notable was the fact that there appeared to be no openings in the two walls that were currently visible. Somewhat below the roofline, I could see a metal construction of some sort, which appeared to be folded up against both visible walls. If these features of the building had been located at ground level, they might have been taken for drawbridges in the up position.