“I am absolutely certain. He was Sir Percival’s spy⁠—he was Sir Percival’s informer⁠—he set Sir Percival watching and waiting, all the morning through, for Anne Catherick and for me.”

“Is Anne found? Did you see her at the lake?”

“No. She has saved herself by keeping away from the place. When I got to the boathouse no one was there.”

“Yes? Yes?”