They saluted and lowered the ridiculous cotton string that barred the road to the castle heights, which meandered up the hillside past the thick stone walls and into an immense central courtyard.
Earlier references to "a conspiracy" involving farmer Mr Dick, 46, of Wester Hillside Farm, Mosstowie, Elgin and saleman Mr Lucas, 51, of 14 Station Road, Surfleet, Spalding, Lincolnshire, were removed.