I did not wonder that she was ill after the experiences of the previous night.

Sir George asked her if she had heard or seen Dorothy pass through her room during the night.

She said:-- "Dorothy did not pass through this room last night.

I did not once close my eyes in sleep, and I should have seen her had she been here at all." Sir George entered Dorothy's bedroom, and Lady Crawford beckoned me to go to her side.
"I waited till sunrise," she said, "that I might draw up the keys." "Hush!" said I, "the cord ?" "I burned it," she replied.
Then I followed Sir George into Dorothy's room.

Madge was dressed for the day, and Dorothy, who had been helping her, was making her own toilet.