"If we don't get rid of these rats soon, we're going to burn through all our wood. Evelyn, I'm afraid this place isn't safe anymore. Why don't we go to Frelia?"
"What makes you so sure Frelia doesn't have a rat problem?"
"But over the past couple of days, several people on the farm have started feeling sick. If we stay here any longer, I have a feeling things will only get worse."
"Evelyn already said everyone's feeling sick because of the air pollution, not the plague. I think the rats are about to be wiped out anyway. Their numbers have been dropping the last few days. Moving isn't easy."
"But I have a really bad feeling about this."
"Your premonitions have never been right. Not once. Let's just stick to whatever Evelyn and Ronan Kendrick have planned. I don't trust anyone else right now, only them."
...
Quincy and Miles Vaughn were arguing again. Evelyn walked past them, used a pair of fire tongs to pick up a dead rat, and tossed it lightly into the fire.
