I was turning towards my own classroom when I saw Audrey on the stairs and went to meet her. 'It's all right,' I said. 'They've gone.' 'Who was it? What did they want?' 'It was a gentleman named MacGinnis and some friends. They came after Ogden Ford, but they didn't get him.' 'Where is he? Where is Ogden?' Before I could reply, babel broke loose. While we had been talking, White had injudiciously turned the key of Glossop's classroom which now disgorged its occupants, headed by my colleague, in a turbulent stream. At the same moment my own classroom began to empty itself. The hall was packed with boys, and the din became deafening. Every one had something to say, and they all said it at once. Glossop was at my side, semaphoring violently. 'We must telephone,' he bellowed in my ear, 'for the police.' Somebody tugged at my arm. It was Audrey. She was saying something which was drowned in the uproar. I drew her towards the stairs, and we found comparative quiet on the first landing. 'What were you saying?' I asked. 'He isn't there.' 'Who?' 'Ogden Ford. Where is he? He is not in his room. They must have taken him.' Glossop came up at a gallop, springing from stair to stair like the chamois of the Alps. 'We must telephone for the police!' he cried. 'I have telephoned,' said Audrey, 'ten minutes ago. They are sending some men at once. Mr Glossop, was Ogden Ford in your classroom?' 'No, Mrs Sheridan. I thought he was with you, Burns.' I shook my head. 'Those men came to kidnap him, Mr Glossop,' said Audrey. 'Undoubtedly the gang of scoundrels to which that man the other night belonged! This is preposterous. My nerves will not stand these repeated outrages. We must have police protection. The villains must be brought to justice. I never heard of such a thing! In an English school!' Glossop's eyes gleamed agitatedly behind their spectacles. Macbeth's deportment when confronted with Banquo's ghost was stolid by comparison. There was no doubt that Buck's visit had upset the smooth peace of our happy little community to quite a considerable extent.