Used book – *The Chalk Circle Man*, Fred Vargas

- The dolmen you told me about, Johan, is it on the road to the little bridge? - Two kilometers past the little bridge, don't get it wrong. On your left, you can't miss it. It's splendid, all its stones are still standing. - How old is a dolmen? - About four thousand years old. - So, stones penetrated by centuries. That's perfect for me. - But perfect for what? - And what were these dolmens used for? asked Adamsberg without answering. - They are funerary monuments. Tombs, if you prefer, made of standing stones covered by large slabs. I hope that doesn't bother you. - Not at all. That's where I'm going to lie down, up on the slab, under the sun. - And what are you going to do up there? - I don't know, Johan.