You will do as I tell you?
That's a good girl! Now you shall hear how I propose to search for this poor lady, and how your little story has helped me." He paused, considering with himself whether he should begin by telling Blanche of his consultation with Geoffrey.

Once more, he decided that question in the negative.

Better to still defer taking her into his confidence until he had performed the errand of investigation on which he was now setting forth.
"What you have told me, Blanche, divides itself, in my mind, into two heads," began Sir Patrick.

"There is what happened in the library before your own eyes; and there is what Miss Silvester told you had happened at the inn.

As to the event in the library (in the first place), it is too late now to inquire whether that fainting-fit was the result, as you say, of mere exhaustion--or whether it was the result of something that occurred while you were out of the room." "What could have happened while I was out of the room ?" "I know no more than you do, my dear.