I did not relish the thought that Bess nor any one else should believe me to be in sympathy with Dorothy, and I said:-- "If Mistress Vernon had aught to do with last night's affairs, she should be full of shame.

I will not believe that she knew of it at all.

My opinion is that one of the servants was bribed by some person interested in Tom-Tom's escape." "Believe nothing of the sort," retorted Bess.

"It is the mistress and not the servant who stole the keys and liberated Tom-Tom.

But the question is, who may Tom-Tom be?
and the servants' hall is full of it.