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Where ? '' `` I have made inquiries , my lady , but no one seems to know , '' said the servant . `` Madam went out with her maid quite early this morning , but returned shortly afterwards . A young person who came to see her yesterday came again to-day , just after noon , and it seems that Mistress Lanison went out with her . The maid left the house barely an hour ago . '' Lady Bolsover looked at her brother , who glanced swiftly at the servant . Lady Bolsover understood , and told the servant to go .