Another drink of that whey, Nancy; then see, if you can, what that noise means." Nancy, having handed her the whey, went to the closet window to reconnoitre; but the reader may judge of her surprise on seeing Sir Thomas himself moving about with a dark lantern, and giving directions to Gillespie, who was putting the horses to the carriage.

She returned to the housekeeper on tip-toe, her face brimful of mystery and delight.
"What do you think, Mrs.Morgan?
If there isn't Sir Thomas himself walking about with a little lantern, and giving orders to Gillespie, who is yoking the coach." Mrs.Morgan could not refrain from smiling at this comical expression of yoking the coach; but her face soon became serious, and she said, with a sigh, "I hope in God this is no further act of violence against his angel of a daughter.

What else could he mean by getting out a carriage at this hour of the night?
Go and look again, Nancy, and see whether you may not also get a glimpse of Miss Gourlay." Nancy, however, arrived at the window only in time to see her master enter the carriage, and the carriage disappear out of the yard; but whether Miss Gourlay was in it along with him, the darkness of the night prevented her from ascertaining.

After some time, however, she threw out a suggestion, on which, with the consent of the patient, she immediately acted.

This was to discover, if possible, whether Miss Gourlay with her maid was in her own room or not.