“She sent me away to the city, early in the day, sir, on an errand which took me all the day. I did not get back until just before dark. She had already entered her carriage to drive to the station.”
“And the trunks had already gone, eh?”
“Yes.”
“Do you think that your return surprised her? That she expected to be gone before your return?”
“Yes, sir. I was impressed by that idea.”
“And that she sent you on that fruitless errand for the explicit purpose of getting you out of the house while she was making her preparations for leaving?”
“Yes.”
“Was the other maid in the carriage with her when you arrived at the house at the moment of her departure?”
“Yes.”
“What is her name?”