"
The next day they dug up the iron chest and the box into which
Humphrey had put all the papers he had collected together. Edward
opened the iron chest, and found in it a considerable quantity of gold
in bags, and many trinkets and jewels which he did not know the value
of. The papers he did not open, but resolved that they should be given
to the intendant, for Edward felt that he could trust in him. The
other boxes and trunks were also opened and examined, and many other
articles of apparent value discovered.
"I should think all these jewels worth a great deal of money,
Humphrey," said Edward; if so, all the better for poor little Clara. I
am sorry to part with her, although we have known her so short a time;
she appears to be such an amiable and affectionate child."
"That she is; and certainly the handsomest little girl I ever saw.
What beautiful eyes! Do you know that on one of her journeys to
Lymington she was very nearly taken by a party of gipsies? and by what
Pablo can make out, it would appear that it was by the party to which
he belonged."
"I wonder at her father permitting her to go alone such a distance."
"Her father could not do otherwise. Necessity has no law. He could
trust no other person, so he put her in boys' clothes that there might
be less risk.
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