When the horse galloped up to the door, the Princess turned on her side and went to sleep.

In the common-room below Gaydon and Wogan were smoking a pipe of tobacco over the fire.

Both men rose on the instant; Wogan stealthily opened the door an inch or so and looked down the passage.

Gaydon raised a corner of the blind and peered through the window.

The two remaining members of the party, Misset and O'Toole, who as lackeys had served the supper of the Princess, were now eating their own.