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Most likely Rotherwood's clerk, or detective, or whatever he may be, will have ferreted out the rights of the matter at Darminster.

From The Two Sides of the Shield by Yonge, Charlotte Mary

But, from what I know of Juve, in a very short time he will have ferreted out the trap door and will descend as we have done.

From A Nest of Spies by Allain, Marcel