I was left in bed trying not to show how scared I was — shivering and wondering how long it would be before our own house caught fire, as from my window I could see the flames from the burning laundry, less than three hundred yards away.
I was left in bed trying not to show how scared I was — shivering and wondering how long it would be before our own house became engulfed in flames, as from my window I could see the flames from the burning laundry, less than three hundred yards away.