the witches were planning to meet up with each other. For what i do not know but it does give clues saying if they should meet up in the rain thunder after the battle so they are trying to stay low. they are trying to figure out when to meet up without getting caught
The correct sentence should be, "Have you read A Good Scent From A Strange Mountain (The book title should be either underlined or italicized. I prefer italicize though) by Robert Olen Butler?