Chapters 5 and 6 Summary

Dr. Croft gives Margery a shot and she goes to lie down. Healy, Trask and Spenser are working on their plans for the stakeout. Trask says that the area behind the stables are wooded, and they plan to put a man there with field glasses. They discuss the place Margery is instructed to stand. They make plans to have cars along the northbound way to observe and to have someone on the southbound side in case the kidnapper makes a u-turn. They discuss possible destinations and determine that they'll need all twelve of Trask's deputies.

Healy and Spenser arrive and meet the manager. When Spenser says that he wants to "rent a high-spirited palomino stallion with a hand-tooled Spanish leather saddle and silver-studded bridle", Healy interrupts, telling Spenser to shut up. Healy introduces himself and says that he wants "this man...