"Your servant tells me that Mrs.Holbrook has left you--in some mysterious way, I imagine, from what the woman said." "O, sir, I am so glad you have come here; I should have written to you if I had known where to address a letter.

Yes, sir, she has gone--that dear sweet young creature--and I fear some harm has come to her." The girl burst into tears, and for some minutes could say no more.
"Pray, pray be calm," Gilbert said gently, "and tell me all you can about this business.

How did Mrs.Holbrook leave this place?
and why do you suspect that any harm has befallen her ?" "There is every reason to think so, sir.

Is it like her to leave us without a word of notice, knowing, as she must have known, the unhappiness she would cause to me, who love her so well, by such a step?
She knew how I loved her.

I think she had scarcely a secret from me." "If you will only tell me the manner of her departure," Gilbert said rather impatiently.
"Yes, yes, sir; I am coming to that directly.