whether the weather

Plugging along into action. The hero thinks he has rescued the children, not realizing he has fallen into a trap, and he's about to lose them again.

And then I remember I thought the next scenes would be in winter. Which means that they would be winter here, or at least late fall. Furthermore they were outside during the semi-rescue so they would know it.

sigh

I suppose there could be a gap in time between this scene and the next, but not too long because that would reflect badly on the hero. Except, oops, it can't be even that long because of what the villainess will do.