“He told me to stay and wait upon you, sir, just as I had upon him, till you saw fit to dismiss me.”
“What other servants are there in the house?”
“One colored woman, sir, and one, a negro; Manda the cook, and Agnes the chambermaid.”
“Any other persons?”
“Only the young woman that’s crazy, and the Sister of Charity that attends her. They are on the third floor.”
Ratcliff looked sharply at the mulatto, but could detect in his face no sign that he mistrusted the story of the insane woman.
“Send up the chambermaid,” said Ratcliff.
“Yes, sir. When will you have your dinner, sir?”
“In half an hour. Have you any wines in the house?”
“Yes, sir; Sherry, Madeira, Port, Burgundy, Hock, Champagne.”