Inkheart Chapter 47

Alone

• Elinor stays behind while Mo and Farid go into the village at night; she hears shots, and begins worrying that they've been killed. Not sure what else to do, Elinor begins to make her way toward the village, even though she's unarmed.
• Luckily Mo catches up with Elinor before she can try to get in. He and Farid are fine: what happened is that Cockerell was on guard duty by Meggie's room, and he recognized Mo and raised the alarm.
• So it's back to Plan B: start a giant fire, hope it's enough of a distraction to get Meggie out. Mo is determined to rescue Meggie, no matter the cost.
• Elinor thinks the fire will go poorly, so she waits til Mo and Farid are asleep, returns to her car, and drives to the nearest village, hoping to find a police station.