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Chapter 7

           Suddenlyherememberedandrealisedthatthebigkeywiththedeepnotches,whichwashangingtherewiththesmallkeyscouldnotpossiblybelongtothechestofdrawers(onhislastvisitthishadstruckhim),buttosomestrongbox,andthateverythingperhapswashiddeninthatbox.Heleftthechestofdrawers,andatoncefeltunderthebedstead,knowingthatoldwomenusuallykeepboxesundertheirbeds.Andsoitwas;therewasagood-sizedboxunderthebed,atleastayardinlength,withanarchedlidcoveredwithredleatherandstuddedwithsteelnails.Thenotchedkeyfittedatonceandunlockedit.Atthetop,underawhitesheet,wasacoatofredbrocadelinedwithhareskin;underitwasasilkdress,thenashawlanditseemedasthoughtherewasnothingbelowbutclothes.Thefirstthinghedidwastowipehisblood-stainedhandsontheredbrocade.“It’sred,andonredbloodwillbelessnoticeable,”thethoughtpassedthroughhismind;thenhesuddenlycametohimself.“GoodGod,amIgoingoutofmysenses?”hethoughtwithterror.

           Butnosoonerdidhetouchtheclothesthanagoldwatchslippedfromunderthefurcoat.Hemadehastetoturnthemallover.Thereturnedouttobevariousarticlesmadeofgoldamongtheclothesprobablyallpledges,unredeemedorwaitingtoberedeemedbracelets,chains,ear-rings,pinsandsuchthings.Somewereincases,otherssimplywrappedinnewspaper,carefullyandexactlyfolded,andtiedroundwithtape.

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