Evelyn Ford was in no mood to make pottery right now. She took out a bottle of water to test the clay's stickiness. It worked quite well—they could dig it up and take it back to plaster the inner walls of the cistern.
After the temperature rose, the sun grew more intense with each passing day. It wasn't about the heat, but the sheer exposure. Everyone had shed their heavy winter coats. Evelyn Ford told Officer Graham about finding the clay and asked him to take a few people to dig some up and bring it back.
After the clay was plastered on, Evelyn Ford started a fire inside. Once the wood framework within the cistern had burned away completely, they could begin storing water in it.
Evelyn Ford had planted a large patch of mint in front of the cabin. With the sun beating down, everyone had to drink several bowls of mint-infused water daily to prevent heatstroke.
