It's clear to my mind, Mr.Gerard, that somebody has got at her in my absence, and said something to upset her.

You will ask me who the person is.

I can't say I have found that out yet." "But you mean to try ?" "Yes; I mean to try." He answered me with little of the energy which generally distinguished him.

Perhaps he was fatigued, or perhaps he had something else to think of.

I offered a suggestion.
"When we are in want of help," I said, "we sometimes find it, nearer than we had ventured to expect--at our own doors." The ancient miller rose at that hint like a fish at a fly.
"Gloody!" he cried.
"Find him at once, Mr.Toller." He hobbled to the door--and looked round at me.