"Did your daughter ever speak to you about this young man?"
"Yes."
"And did she show any indication to look favorably upon his professions of attachment?"
"On the contrary, she showed the utmost aversion to him, and it is possible that because of her aversion she has run away and hidden herself so as to escape his attentions, or it is possible he has persuaded her to elope with him. Her friends favor the latter idea."
"By her friends you mean the family with whom she resided?"
"Yes."
"They are favorable to the baron?"
"They appear to be, and strangely, since my daughter's disappearance they have turned against her."
"Against your daughter?"
"Yes."