It was getting so dark.  Charlotte had not seen any vehicles.  There hadn't been any lights twinkling across the distance.  She was alone out here, and the darkness seemed to be pulling in around her.  She gulped as a twig snapped, looking round and holding her bag closer to her.  She didnt want lights to come from behind her, that would mean they had come from the school, and she had no desire to head back there.  She would go and be something.  She would not stay at Lady Shaw's.  A tremor of fear rippled through her as she thought of the woman.  She had seemed so cool towards them, not showing any real emotions.  She realised that she knew if she was caught she would be in trouble, and she knew the punishment would not be good.  She sighed, she would just have to make sure she wasnt caught wouldnt she?