Dorcas is my eldest.

Yet I would give something to be convinced that she did not pop it into her drawer before the wench, in order for me to see it; and perhaps (if I were to take notice of it) to discover whether Dorcas, according to Miss Howe's advice, were most my friend, or her's.

Well, but Dorcas was nevertheless a woman, and she can whisper to her lady the secret she is enjoined to keep!