THE first amazement and alarm produced by this discovery deprived me of my presence of mind.

Without stopping to think what I ought to do first, I ran back to the servants' hall, calling out that something had happened to my master.
All the household hurried directly into the Red Room, Josephine among the rest.

I was first brought to my senses, as it were, by observing the strange expression of her countenance when she saw the bed-gown and the empty room.

All the other servants were bewildered and frightened.

She alone, after giving a little start, recovered herself directly.