As the carriage neared the castle grounds,
it swerved to the left; and instead of actually entering the
grounds, it moved through a heavy stand of trees and stopped at a
boat dock on the shore of a small lake behind the castle. We got
off our horses.
“You stay here with the horses,” I said.
“I’m going for a closer look.” Then I ran through the trees and
came to within maybe fifty yards of the dock just in time to see
three men lead a blindfolded Katharina into a rowboat. There was no
way to fire at the men without running the risk of hitting
Katharina, who was seated in the middle of the boat. I could only
watch as the boat moved across the lake to another dock maybe six
hundred yards away.
“Did you see them?” Ewald asked as I
returned to where he was holding the horses.
“Ye
