Sergeant Cuff had, no doubt, just heard enough, before I interrupted him, to make him suspect that Rosanna had relieved her mind by confessing something to Mr.Franklin Blake.
This notion had barely struck me--when who should appear at the end of the shrubbery walk but Rosanna Spearman in her own proper person! She was followed by Penelope, who was evidently trying to make her retrace her steps to the house.

Seeing that Mr.Franklin was not alone, Rosanna came to a standstill, evidently in great perplexity what to do next.
Penelope waited behind her.

Mr.Franklin saw the girls as soon as I saw them.

The Sergeant, with his devilish cunning, took on not to have noticed them at all.

All this happened in an instant.