He appears to have gone first to Mr.Benjamin to inquire about you.
What he heard from your old friend I cannot say.

I only know that Mr.
Benjamin accompanied him when he came here." This brief explanation was quite enough for me--I understood what had happened.

Eustace would easily frighten simple old Benjamin about my absence from the hotel; and, once alarmed, Benjamin would be persuaded without difficulty to repeat the few words which had passed between us on the subject of Major Fitz-David.

My husband's presence in the Major's house was perfectly explained.

But his extraordinary conduct in leaving the room at the very time when I was just recovering my senses still remained to be accounted for.