Young Rupert's Midnight Diversions The night came fine and clear.

I had prayed for dirty weather, such as had favoured my previous voyage in the moat, but Fortune was this time against me.

Still I reckoned that by keeping close under the wall and in the shadow I could escape detection from the windows of the chateau that looked out on the scene of my efforts.

If they searched the moat, indeed, my scheme must fail; but I did not think they would.

They had made "Jacob's Ladder" secure against attack.