It will go hard if we find him not somewhere.

We have full information that he has not left the place;" and here he flashed an insolent look of triumph at Sir Oliver, who took not the smallest notice either of the speech or the look.
Edred retired to his former place beside his brothers, and the party awaited the result of the search with what patience they might.

Now and then shouts and calls broke the stillness, and faces would flush with excitement at the sound; but the shouts always died away again into silence, and at last there came a trooper into the hall to salute the company and report that there was no one hidden in any of the places without.

Not a rat or a mouse could have failed to be turned out after the stringent search to which the premises had been subjected.
The Lord of Mortimer then rose and said: "Keep the men posted as I have given orders.

Let none stir from his vantage ground.