Take the following as truth: At 5 o'clock, Dorcas finds her mistress in a state of considerable agitation, with a slip of paper ”'a letter,' Dorcas thinks ”in her hand, and it is then that 158 she orders the fire in her room to be lighted. 
Then the following statement: "Dorcas tries to comfort her mistress, and asks how she can help her." is true, false, or inconclusive?