I'll see Lady Lundie first." Does any other form of human resolution approach the firmness of a woman who is bent on discovering the frailties of another woman whom she hates?
You may move rocks, under a given set of circumstances.

But here is a delicate being in petticoats, who shrieks if a spider drops on her neck, and shudders if you approach her after having eaten an onion.

Can you move _her,_ under a given set of circumstances, as set forth above?
Not you! Sir Patrick found her ladyship instituting her inquiries on the same admirably exhaustive system which is pursued, in cases of disappearance, by the police.

Who was the last witness who had seen the missing person?
Who was the last servant who had seen Anne Silvester?
Begin with the men-servants, from the butler at the top to the stable boy at the bottom.

Go on with the women-servants, from the cook in all her glory to the small female child who weeds the garden.