But fortunately by riding in the shelter of the woods and through the fields, they had escaped notice and reached Hellingly just as the sun was sinking.
Lord Corbury rode without pausing through the little hamlet with its Inn and small grey stone church, and they continued across the Downs until they reached the small creek where the men were to be waiting for them.
For a moment Fenella seeing no-one thought their plan had failed and Lord Corbury would be disappointed. But almost like magic men appeared from behind rocks and from some caves low down at sea level.
The boat had been covered with fisherman’s nets and hidden so effectively that anyone passing would hardly have given it a second glance.
By the time the nets had been removed and Lord Corbury had inspected the boat, the dusk
