The local council finally confirmed to the two that the tunnel leads to a drain that has been covered in rum for 30 years, but the two spouses are not convinced, not until someone comes in to check. Despite all the assurances from the authorities, no one is sending anyone to really check what’s with her.
The spouses hope that another pit will not appear, or that someone will fall there. While they simply did not want to cover it, before they found out what was wrong with it, they had to use signs to keep people from falling there.