'She must be
found,' she declares, and hints that any sum necessary will be
forthcoming, though from what source after her own pittance is
expended she does not state. When asked if her master has no
interest in the matter, she changes color and puts us off. He never
noticed his servants, left all such concerns to her, etc.; but shows
fear when a proposition is made to consult him. Next imagine yourself
with the detectives in that gentleman's house. You enter the girl's
room; what is the first thing you observe? Why that it is not only one
of the best in the house, but that it is conspicuous for its comforts
if not for its elegancies. More than that, that there are books of
poetry and history lying around, showing that the woman who inhabited
it was above her station; a fact which the housekeeper is presently
brought to acknowledge. You notice also that the wild surmise of her
abduction by means of the window, has some ground in appearance,
though the fact that she went with entire unwillingness is not made
so apparent. The housekeeper, however, insists in a way that must have
had some special knowledge of the girl's character or circumstances
to back it, that she never went without compulsion; a statement which
the torn curtains and the track of blood over the roof of the
extension, would seem to emphasize.
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