"Why, I'm positive. We treat our help well and they seldom leave us. I'm sure no woman employed in this hotel, down to the lowest kitchen scullion, has resigned or been discharged during the last few days."
"And there is no one still in your service named Gorham?"
"No one. It's an unusual name and I should have remembered it."
"Do any of the guests ever use the servants' entrance?"
"Certainly not. It is reserved exclusively for the employees. Some of our guests have private maids, who occasionally use the rear entrances, and Mrs. Tolliver's trained nurses are allowed to pass out that way, too; but——"
She stopped abruptly, as if some new thought had occurred to her.
"What is it?" asked Josie, who was watching her face.
"Why, I have just recollected that Mrs. Tolliver's night nurse did not show up Tuesday evening, for some reason, and they were obliged to telephone for another."
"Who is Mrs. Tolliver?"
"One of our permanent guests, who is suffering just now from a severe attack of rheumatism. She employs two trained nurses, a day nurse and a night nurse."