He gave orders to the others, and himself joined the tinkler and hurried off in the direction of the Garplefoot.

Something was happening there, something of ill omen, for the man's face and manner had been triumphant.

Were the boats landing?
As Heritage puzzled over this event, another figure appeared on the scene.

It was a big man in knickerbockers and mackintosh, who came round the end of the House from the direction of the South Lodge.

At first he thought it was the advance-guard from his own side, the help which Dickson had gone to find, and he only restrained himself in time from shouting a welcome.