Chapter SevenAs the Marquis and Chang reached the stables, Hogson came running towards them.
“My Lord, I were just a-comin’ to find you!” he shouted agitatedly. “Someone’s stolen the Arab mare and two of our other ’orses as well!”
He was so breathless that he was almost incoherent and, as the Marquis walked into the stables, Hogson ran along behind him saying,
“They knocked out the two lads who were on duty, my Lord. It were me little son as sees ’em out the window.”
The Marquis had reached the empty stall where Shalom had been stabled as Hogson went on,
“’E were wakened by the noise they makes and ’e says when they rode orf they ’ad a young boy with ’em wrapped in a horse cloth!”
The Marquis was suddenly still.
“A boy?” he queried.
“Me son say ’e ’ad on long tight trousers, my Lor
