CHAPTER SEVENThe Earl waited for five minutes until Rufus Lang had finished whatever he was doing.
Picking up the lantern he walked down the passage.
Peeping at him through the straw the Earl saw him put back the lantern exactly where it belonged above the entrance.
He then went out into the yard.
The Earl saw him pass by the windows before there was silence.
The Earl was sensible enough not to move for quite some time.
Then he came carefully from his hiding place and taking down the lantern he walked to Morning Star’s stall.
He looked round, trying to imagine what Rufus Lang had been doing there so intently.
He took Morning Star’s saddle down from the bar on which it hung and examined it.
He did not know what he was looking for and he just felt that it was the only thing which co
