"There must be secret hiding places where she could be stowed away, bound and gagged perhaps, and which you could never detect.

I would lose no moment of time in sending out horsemen to every village on either side of the river above and below us, for a circle of twenty miles.

If horsemen have passed through, some villager or other is sure to have been awoke by the clatter of the horses.

If we get news, we must follow up the traces wherever they go.

If not, it will be strong proof that they are still here.