All the introspective rigidity had gone from her; and she clasped her hands together till the knuckles were white.
Without a word Mr.Trelawny raised the Jewel, and hurried with it into the next room.

As quietly as he could he opened the door of the safe with the key fastened to his wrist and placed the Jewel within.

When the heavy doors were closed and locked he seemed to breathe more freely.
Somehow this episode, though a disturbing one in many ways, seemed to bring us back to our old selves.

Since we had left London we had all been overstrained; and this was a sort of relief.

Another step in our strange enterprise had been effected.
The change back was more marked in Margaret than in any of us.