It was one of Colonel Vaughan's servants.

I wondered what brought him there so early, but went in at the front gate to avoid meeting him.

The house was very silent with its drawn blinds.
"When Betto came in with pale, tearful face, I asked her what had brought Colonel Vaughan's servant there so early.
"'A very strange thing, sir,' she said.

'He came to ask if Miss Vaughan was here?
Colonel Vaughan was in great distress--if you call tearing about and swearing being in great distress--that was what Sam said, sir--because Miss Vaughan is nowhere to be found.

Dir anwl! a strange thing, indeed, sir!' "I was too miserable to pay much attention to her gossip, and began my breakfast alone, for Lewis had not appeared, and I dreaded to see him.
I had thought it strange that in the turmoil of the night before, with the hurried footsteps and the arrival of the doctor's gig, my brother had not been disturbed, and he was apparently still sleeping.