Going out into the corridor, Emma stopped and heard one of the kidnappers yelling at Bell:
"What the hell happened to you? You feel bad?"
However, Bell's cough was also rapid, as it had begun.
"It must be the rain," she said sullenly, and then everything was quiet behind the door.
Bottomley rushed on horseback as fast as if the devil was chasing him. He swept through the villages, large and small, leading his horse to exhaustion. Upon arriving at Westenbert, he jumped down from his horse and hurried into the house, shouting as he went:
- Your Mightiness! Your Mightiness!
However, instead of the duke, he was met by Norwood.
"Where is his lordship? Where is he?" Gasped Bottomley, snatching Norwood by the collar of his shirt.
- What's the matter? And why are you so ...? Norwood tried
