Bathurst left the inn first. He was followed closely by his attendant. Someone at the inn may have watched the couple approach their chaise. Instead of going into the chaise from the side closest the inn, Bathurst walked toward the front of the horses, in order to go around them and get into the chaise on the far side. Bathurst’s attendant followed him. Upon reaching the far side of the coach seconds later, the attendant saw no sign of Bathurst. Bathurst was not in the chaise nor was he anywhere around it. The attendant and local men searched the area for an hour, but there was no trace.Bathurst had vanished.
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