Not a vestige of the chest remained but a few splintered pieces of iron.

The four soldiers in the room were blown literally to pieces, and those in the passage-way were stunned by the shock.

The fact that they were unconscious for some minutes seems to have given the criminal, whoever he was, his chance of escape.

For, although an instant alarm was sent out, and none but those who had a right to be on the premises were allowed out of or in the Treasury, yet no one was caught, nor has anyone been caught up to this day." "But the gold, the gold ?" cried Jennie eagerly.
"There was not a florin of it left.

Every piece has disappeared.