We had finished some of the cases, each of which held only one of the great sarcophagi.

The cases which held many objects could not be closed till all had been differentiated and packed.
I slept that night without movement or without dreams; and on our comparing notes in the morning, I found that each of the others had had the same experience.
By dinner-time next evening the whole work was complete, and all was ready for the carriers who were to come at midnight.

A little before the appointed time we heard the rumble of carts; then we were shortly invaded by an army of workmen, who seemed by sheer force of numbers to move without effort, in an endless procession, all our prepared packages.

A little over an hour sufficed them, and when the carts had rumbled away, we all got ready to follow them to Paddington.

Silvio was of course to be taken as one of our party.
Before leaving we went in a body over the house, which looked desolate indeed.