Re: Tuesday 24 March - Wednesday 25 March, 1925
What little of occult value was quickly removed from the cellar of the partially-destroyed mansion. It seemed doubtful these would fetch any real price, as the Count wasn't familiar with the names, nor were they in any condition. Still, there might be some esoteric knowledge to be gained.
The hostages were ferried back to the other farmhouse, the abandoned one they'd rented a little ways away to stage this attack.
Over the next few hours, much was accomplished. The fire in the lorry burned down, although the forecourt reeked of smoke and burned rubber.
In the mean time, several cans of petrol were found inside the carriage house. As well, a foot-pump and several tyre inner-tubes. Darragh, in conjunction with the river rats and the functioning lorry, contrived to drag the burned-out wreckage of Storm's lorry to the water's edge. Hot metal hissed when they pushed it into the black water, steam bubbled up.
When the hulk was cool enough, inner-tubes were then tied off to it to make it float. The petrol-powered skiffs towed it out to the middle of the Naze, then it was sunk.
Likewise, they performed a similar operation with the other destroyed lorry sitting in the water by the bridge (the one that presumably Singh destroyed using a grenade).