"No," the girl said; "the lower windows are strongly guarded, but on this floor they are not so."
"Then I take it, that, if she had a rope, you and the other maiden could easily lower her to the ground?"
"We could do that easily enough, count; but were she there she would be no nearer escaping. There is always a guard at the gate, and the drawbridge is up at night; and even when across that there is the outer court to be passed."
"Are there stairs to the wall near where she would alight?"
"Yes, sir, there is a flight of stairs in the angle just below our window."
"The next thing I have to think about is your safety. As you sleep in her room it would be clear that she could not have escaped without your knowledge and assistance, and the baron, in his fury, would be capable of slaying you both."
"And he would certainly do so," the farmer said shortly.
"Then it is clear that either they must escape with my sister or must hide somewhere."
"But we must be found sooner or later," the girl said.