Grip, after working in secret all the afternoon, and with redoubled vigour while everybody's attention was distracted, had plucked away the straw from Hugh's bed, and turned up the loose ground with his iron bill.

The hole had been recklessly filled to the brim, and was merely sprinkled with earth.

Golden cups, spoons, candlesticks, coined guineas--all the riches were revealed.
They brought spades and a sack; dug up everything that was hidden there; and carried away more than two men could lift.

They handcuffed him and bound his arms, searched him, and took away all he had.

Nobody questioned or reproached him, or seemed to have much curiosity about him.