Hester Dethridge wrote: “I wanted eggs for the kitchen, and a breath of fresh air for myself.”
“Did Miss Silvester see you?”
A negative shake of the head.
“Did she take the turning that leads to the railway?”
Another negative shake of the head.
“She went on, toward the moor?”
An affirmative reply.
“What did she do when she got to the moor?”
Hester Dethridge wrote: “She took the footpath which leads to Craig Fernie.”
Lady Lundie rose excitedly to her feet. There was but one place that a stranger could go to at Craig Fernie. “The inn!” exclaimed her ladyship. “She has gone to the inn!”