They went round, that evening, to the various inns where the men had put up, and directed them to discover whether, as was probable, the escort was to arrive that night.

If so, they were to mount at daybreak, and assemble where the road crossed the moor, three miles north of Chapel le Frith, where they would find Mr.Jervoise awaiting them.
At nine o'clock that evening the troop rode in and, at daybreak, Mr.Jervoise and the boys started.

Two of the men were already at the spot indicated, and, half an hour later, the whole of them had arrived.
Mr.Jervoise led them back to a spot that he had selected, where the road dipped into a deep valley, in which, sheltered from the winds, was a small wood.

Leaving one at the edge, to give warning directly the escort appeared on the road over the brow, he told the rest to dismount.

Most of them were armed with pistols.