There's nothing wrong with Craig, is there ?" Lord Ashleigh motioned them to follow him.
"Please come this way," he invited.
He led them across the hall--which, dimly-lit and with its stained-glass windows, was almost like the nave of a cathedral,--into the library beyond.

He closed the door and turned around.
"I have bad news for you both," he announced.

"Craig has escaped." Neither the Professor nor Quest betrayed any unusual surprise.

So far as the latter was concerned, his first glimpse at Lord Ashleigh's face had warned him of what was coming.
"Dear me!" the Professor murmured, sinking into an easy-chair.

"This is most unexpected!" "We'll get him again," Quest declared quickly.