The Lemon Orchard-passage:pg126

"This man wore trousers and a raincoat which they had allowed to pull on over his pyjamas when they had taken him from his lodgings, and he shivered now with chill, clenching his teeth to prevent them from chattering. He had not been given time to tie his shoes and the metal-covered ends of the laces clicked as he moved."

This small passage gives a little explanation of how the man was taken "from his lodgings" and out into the cold of the night. The reader is given a small idea of the happenings before this moment in time as they walk through the lemon orchard. The man was clearly taken by force away from his previous location (we aren't given information as to what or where this place was) and the fact that he had no time to tie his laces tell us that he was taken quite quickly also. 'They' had "allowed" him to put on trousers and a raincoat over his pyjamas which portrays that 'they' are in charge and that the man would have to do whatever 'they' demand of him.

His shoe laces have metal-covered ends that click as he move which depicts the silence in their procession towards their destination for the clicks to be heard. The clicks give the idea of terrifying mystery as, silently, the time goes by and he his unable to fathom the extent of what they are to do to him. With each click taking him a step closer to his now inevitable fate in the orchard with these menacing figures of authority who have brought this upon him. His teeth are clenched with the cold and not wanting to break the silence that seems to be compulsory as he is lead through the darkness.

Sian Anstis