She determined, with the impulsiveness which was part of her temperament, to bring her suspicion before the police at the earliest possible moment.
She was essentially a woman of action, and in spite of her sleepless night she was up and dressed before her husband was awake.

He came down to breakfast to find his wife had already finished hers, and was dressed ready to go out.
"Where is Sisily ?" he asked, with, a glance at the girl's vacant place.
"I've ordered her breakfast to be taken to her room, and sent word to her to rest in bed until I go to her," his wife replied.

"I have a painful ordeal before me in breaking the news of Robert's death to her.

It's all over the hotel already, unfortunately.

Sisily is out of the way of gossip in her room.