About an hour after midnight
` Well , it is a brave offer , my child , and I will think thereupon , ' said his lordship . All the rest of the day the marquis and lord Charles , with two or three of the principal officers of house and garrison , were in conference , and letters were written both to his majesty and lord Glamorgan . Before they were finally written out in cipher , Kaltoff was sent for , the comb found , its contents gauged , and the paper cut to suit . About an hour after midnight , Dorothy , lord Charles , and Caspar stood together in the workshop , waiting for Tom Fool , who had gone to fetch Dick from the stables . Dorothy had the comb in her pocket . She looked pale , but her grey eyes shone with courage and determination . She carried nothing but a whip .