We found the window-shutters, which I had barred overnight, open, but the window itself was down.

The fire had been out long enough for the grate to be quite cold.

Half the bottle of brandy had been drunk.

The carpet-bag was gone.

There were no marks of violence or struggling anywhere about the bed or the room.
We examined every corner carefully, but made no other discoveries than these.
When I returned to the servants' hall, bad news of my mistress was awaiting me there.