They were not many.

The open writing-desk--in which, however I found no letters or written documents of any kind, only a few sheets of paper, with pen, ink, etc.; the brush and hairpins scattered on the bureau as though the girl had been interrupted while arranging her hair (if she had been interrupted); and the absence of any great pile of work such as one would expect to see in a room set apart for sewing, were all I could discover.

Not much to help us, in case this was to prove an affair of importance as I began to suspect.
With Mr.Gryce's arrival, however, things soon assumed a better shape.
He came to the basement door, was ushered in by your humble servant, had the whole matter as far as I had investigated it, at his finger-ends in a moment, and was up-stairs and in that room before I, who am called the quickest man in the force as you all know, could have time to determine just what difference his presence would make to me in a pecuniary way in event of Mrs.Daniels' promises amounting to anything.

He did not remain there long, but when he came down I saw that his interest was in no wise lessened.
"What kind of a looking girl was this ?" he asked, hurrying up to Mrs.
Daniels who had withdrawn into a recess in the lower hall while all this was going on.

"Describe her to me, hair, eyes, complexion, etc.; you know." "I--I--don't know as I can," she stammered reluctantly, turning very red in the face.