“Just opposite, on the left. But her door is locked after she has entered.”
“To keep her in?”
“Doubtless, sir.”
“Perhaps for another reason?”
“It is possible.”
“And the duke, I suppose, has the key?”
“Yes. And the drawbridge is drawn back at night, and of that, too, the duke holds the key, so that it cannot be run across the moat without application to him.”
“And where do you sleep?”
“In the entrance hall of the chateau, with five servants.”
“Armed?”