Edwards, having arranged the logs to his liking, brushed the dust from his hands.
"I don't know, ma'am, I'm sure," he said.

"Neither Miss Caroline nor Mr.
Stephen have spoken with me concerning the family affairs." Mrs.Corcoran Dunn straightened, with hauteur.
"I think that was the doorbell," she remarked, a trifle sharply.

"If it should be Mr.Graves, the attorney, you may show him into the library here." "Yes, ma'am," said Edwards once more, and departed.
The lady visitor heard voices in the passage.

She listened, but could hear nothing understandable.

Evidently the butler was having an argument with someone.