James VI and the Gowrie mystery . etails about the treasure, and Lennox said hethought the tale unlikely, as it was, more or then bade Lennox say nothing on the matterto Euthven, who wanted it to be a secret. At abouta mile from Perth, the Master galloped forward, towarn his brother, the Earl, who met the Eoyal party,on foot, with some companions, near the Thiswas about one oclock in the afternoon. The Eoyal party, of thirteen nobles and gentle-men, then entered the Earls house. It faced thestreet, as the House of Falkland also does, and, atthe back, had gardens running down
James VI and the Gowrie mystery . etails about the treasure, and Lennox said hethought the tale unlikely, as it was, more or then bade Lennox say nothing on the matterto Euthven, who wanted it to be a secret. At abouta mile from Perth, the Master galloped forward, towarn his brother, the Earl, who met the Eoyal party,on foot, with some companions, near the Thiswas about one oclock in the afternoon. The Eoyal party, of thirteen nobles and gentle-men, then entered the Earls house. It faced thestreet, as the House of Falkland also does, and, atthe back, had gardens running down to the Tay. 1 Lennox in Pitcairn, ii. 171-174. THE SLAUGHTER OF THE RUTHVENS 15 It is necessary to understand the situation andtopography of Gowrie House. Passing down SouthStreet, or Shoe Gait, the chief street in Perth, thena pretty little town, you found it crossed at rightangles by a street called, on the left, Water Gate, onthe right, Spey Gate. Immediately fronting you, asyou came to the end of South Street, was the gateway. of Gowrie House, the garden wall continuing towardsyour right. On your left were the houses in WaterGate, occupied by rich citizens and lairds. Manywill understand the position if they fancy themselveswalking down one of the streets which run from theHigh Street, at Oxford, towards the river. You thenfind Merton College facing you, the street being 16 THE COWRIE MYSTERY continued to the left in such old houses as Beam £>ate of Gowrie House fronted you, as does the o »/ gate-tower of Merton, and led into a quadrangle, thefront court, called The Close. Behind Gowrie Housewas the garden, and behind that ran the river Tay,as the Isis flows behind Merton and Corpus. Enteringthe quadrangle of Gowrie House you found, on yourright and facing you, a pile of buildings like an invertedL (i). The basement was occupied by domesticoffices: at the angle of the | was the main your right, and much nearer to you than the mainentrance, a door o
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