You are already as well acquainted with those proceedings as I am; and you will understand how unanswerably this part of his report fixed the guilt of being concerned in the disappearance of the Moonstone on the memory of the poor dead girl.

Even my mistress was daunted by what he said now.
She made him no answer when he had done.

It didn't seem to matter to the Sergeant whether he was answered or not.

On he went (devil take him!), just as steady as ever.
"Having stated the whole case as I understand it," he said, "I have only to tell your ladyship, now, what I propose to do next.

I see two ways of bringing this inquiry successfully to an end.