What we must now do is to save him--to save him if we can.

Try to devise some plan.

Think--think, Malcolm." My first thought was to ride to Rutland Castle and give the alarm.

Sir George would lead the yeomen thither by the shortest route--the road by way of Rowsley.

There was another route leading up the Lathkil through the dale, and thence by a road turning southward to Rutland.