At or about this moment, as was fully attested, Cranstoun, a retainer of Gowrie, reported to him and the gentlemen that the king had ridden away.

They all rushed to the gate, where the porter, to whom Gowrie gave the lie, swore that the king had not left the place.

The gentlemen going to the stables passed under the turret-window, whence appeared the king, red in the face, bellowing "treason!" The gentlemen, with Lennox, rushed upstairs, and through the gallery, but could not force open the door giving on the turret.

But young Ramsay had run up a narrow stair in the tower, burst open the turret-door opening on the stair, found James struggling with the Master, wounded the Master, and pushed him downstairs.

In the confusion, while the king's falcon flew wildly about the turret till James set his foot on its chain, the man with the dagger vanished.