She declared that if Isabel was watched the girl should know of it instantly from her own lips.

The police listened with perfect resignation and decorum, and politely shifted their ground.

A certain suspicion (they remarked) always rested in cases of this sort on the servants.

Would her Ladyship object to private inquiries into the characters and proceedings of the servants?
Her Ladyship instantly objected, in the most positive terms.

Thereupon the "Inspector" asked for a minute's private conversation with Mr.Troy.