Possible Clues:

• Prisoner in house before part of journey
• Captive held for ransom
• Prisoner with tracking device sewn into stockings
• Person held by kidnapper for ransom
• Prisoner kept as security
• Can one give an entertaining time to the one that's held?
• Prisoner - pawn
• House, scene of drama for security prisoner?
• Entertainer takes time to deliver captive
• A long time after the innkeeper was a prisoner