Miss Arnott thought she had heard enough; she interposed.
"Will you be so good as to be still, both of you, and let me understand what is the cause of this disgraceful scene. Evans, has the key of the drawer been found?"
"Yes, miss, it has. It was never lost; she had it all the time, as I suspected."
"I didn't have it, miss--leastways, if I did, I didn't know it, not till just now."
"Explain yourself, Wilson. Has or has not the key been in your possession?"
"It's like this, miss; it must somehow have slipped inside my dress that morning when I was making your bed."
"She'll explain anything!"
This was the resentful Evans.
"I'll tell the truth anyhow, which is more than you do."
Again their mistress interposed.