“A room just above? I didn’t know of that. Is there any communication between it and the room where they watch?”
“No, sir. You must go down a few stairs and through the door by the drawbridge, and so to where the King is lodged.”
“And that door is locked?”
“Only the four lords have keys, sir.”
I drew nearer to him.
“And have they keys of the grating?” I asked in a low whisper.
“I think, sir, only Detchard and Rupert.”
“Where does the duke lodge?”
“In the chateau, on the first floor. His apartments are on the right as you go towards the drawbridge.”
“And Madame de Mauban?”