That is how he made his first escape." Quest nodded.
"Sure!" he murmured.

"Well now, what about your more extended search ?" "I was coming to that," Lord Ashleigh replied.

"As Edgar will remember, no doubt, I have always kept a few bloodhounds in my kennels, and as soon as we could get together one or two of the keepers and a few of the local constabulary, we started off again from here.

The dogs brought us without a check to this shed, and started off again in this way." They walked another half a mile, across a reedy swamp.

Every now and then they had to jump across a small dyke, and once they had to make a detour to avoid an osier bed.