She was not there; the bed had not been slept in.

He passed to her boudoir; that, too, was vacant.
Sir Everard seized the bell-rope and rang a peal that resounded with unearthly echoes through the sleeping house.

Five minutes of mad impatience--ten; then Claudine, scared and shivering, appeared.
"Where is your mistress ?" "_Mon Dieu_! how should I know?
Is not my lady in bed ?" "No; her bed has not been slept in to-night.

She is in none of her rooms.

When did you see her last ?" "About ten o'clock.