"You know what I asked you to come here for ?" "Mr.Peters told me that it was something to do with that job we had at the Miss Penfolds', sir." "Yes, that is it, Johnson.

You know we were looking for a missing will there ?" "Yes, sir; so I understood." "Now, what we wanted to ask you specially, Johnson, was whether you can tell us what the servants at the Hall thought about it ?" The young carpenter turned rather red in the face, and twisted his cap about in his fingers.
"Well, sir, I don't know that I can say much about that.

I don't think most of them was overfond of the Miss Penfolds, and wouldn't have been sorry if the will had been found that would have given them another master or mistress." "Just so, Johnson, that is what I thought was likely.

Now, the point I want to know, Johnson, and this lady here is, I may tell you, interested in the matter of this will being found, is as to whether there is in your opinion any one of the maids at the Hall who could be trusted to aid us in this business?
Of course we should make it worth her while to do so." Again the young carpenter colored, and fidgeted on his chair, examining his cap intently.
"I suppose it would depend on what you wanted her to do," he said at last.

"The Hall is a good service, though they don't like the mistresses, and of course none of them would like to do anything that might risk their place." "That's natural enough, Johnson.