He must be at Dalquharter before the men from the sea; he must find Dougal and discover his dispositions.

Heritage would be on guard in the Tower, and in a very little the enemy would be round it.

It would be just like the Princess to try and enter there, but at all costs that must be hindered.

She and Sir Archie must not be cornered in stone walls, but must keep their communications open and fall on the enemy's flank.

Oh, if the police would only come it time, what a rounding up of miscreants that day would see! As the trees thinned on the brow of the slope and he saw the sky, he realized that the afternoon was far advanced.