Five more MacRae’s took to fending off the attackers, but in minutes, they lay bloodied and dead, hacked down by swords and axes. The four captured ...acRae’s were led outside, hands tied behind their backs, pushed roughly by the five who captured them. ‘MacRae’s, it’ll be my pleasure tae bring ye and the others before the King’s court, tae stand trial fer yer crimes and hang.’ Garreth said standing before them, the look of disgust in his eyes. ‘Ye’ll ne’er ha’e the chance, MacLeod. My clan will. But Kate practically threw me out of the office, with orders to fetch you immediately. Sorry..."I frowned, sighed, then stood up, handed him his guitar, went back to give Moira a kiss, (and, on impulse, I gave Jake one too) then headed back to the stairs and down. Down, down, like into the dungeon, down.The office door was closed, of course. I stopped, took a deep breath to calm myself, then knocked. "Come," came muffled through the door. I opened it and went in."Close the door," Kate said,. "Watch where you are headed!" he said. "I might have been injured." Lord John was 6' tall with a body of steel. There was not a chance he would have been injured. I picked myself off the floor and knelt before him."My apologies, m'lord." I said, my head down the entire time. "I did not see thee as I entered." He spotted the corset I held."Ah, good." He said. "Thou hath my costume." He took it from my hands."Forgive me, m'lord, but that is for Juliet." Lord Andrew slapped me with his. None of what Kutzley said for the first fifteen minutes was new to him, as he took the history of the sewer separation up through the July meeting, and the staff meeting that had been held a couple of days after that meeting."Council had directed me to explore alternatives to the separation project," he said finally. "With the help of the Waste Water Treatment Plant Supervisor, Jack Musgrave, we determined that there were two alternative ideas that could be studied, should we be forced to avoid.