He'll be fetching me a message or some money.

Gae tell him to come in," said Rose, in hopeful excitement.
"Must I bring the gemman up here, missus ?" inquired Buttons.
"Ay, ye fule! Where else?
Wad ye ask the gentlemon intil the kitchen?
And we had na that money rooms to choose fra!" said Rose, impatiently.
And indeed, in that great empty old house, she had but three to her own use--the tawdry scarlet parlor, which was also her dining room; the equally tawdry scarlet chamber; and the dressing-room behind it.
The boy vanished and soon reappeared, ushering in the policeman in plain clothes.
"You will be coming frae Mr.Scott, wi' a message ?" said Rose, without rising to receive him.
"No, mum; haven't the pleasure of that gent's acquaintance, though I would like to enjoy it.

I come to _Mrs._ Scott, however, and on particular unpleasant business.

What is your full name, mum ?" gruffly inquired the policeman, approaching her.
"And what will my name be to you, ye rude mon?
And wha ga'ed ye commission to force yersel, on my company at my dinner ?" indignantly inquired Rose.
"My commission, as you call it, mum, lies in this warrant, which authorizes me to make a thorough search of these premises for property stolen from Lone Castle on the night of the first of June last." As the policeman spoke, Rose stared at him with eyes that grew larger, and a face that grew whiter every minute.

And as she stared, she suddenly recognized the visitor as the man she had seen in the jeweller's shop, talking with the proprietor while the latter was pretending to be examining the watch she had put in his hand for repairs.
And now the whole truth burst upon her.