So I sent a message to the steward as Captain Kennedy told me." "What is his name ?" Heritage asked.
She spelt it, "Monsieur Loudon--L-O-U-D-O-N in the town of Auchenlochan." "The factor," said Dickson, "And what then ?" "Some spy must have found me out.

I had a letter from this Loudon bidding me come to Auchenlochan.

There I found no steward to receive me, but another letter saying that that night a carriage would be in waiting to bring me here.

It was midnight when we arrived, and we were brought in by strange ways to this house, with no light but a single candle.

Here we were welcomed indeed, but by an enemy." "Which ?" asked Heritage.