In fact, he became so frightened that his master, fully believing that he was concealing something, ordered him to tell at once what remained unseen, and where it was hidden away.

Face to face with discovery of his secret, the old man, in a pitiable state of concern, spoke out even more fully than Mr.Caswall had expected.
"Indeed, indeed, sir, everything is here in the tower that has ever been put away in my time except--except--" here he began to shake and tremble it--"except the chest which Mr.Edgar--he who was Mr.Edgar when I first took service--brought back from France, after he had been with Dr.
Mesmer.

The trunk has been kept in my room for safety; but I shall send it down here now." "What is in it ?" asked Edgar sharply.
"That I do not know.

Moreover, it is a peculiar trunk, without any visible means of opening." "Is there no lock ?" "I suppose so, sir; but I do not know.

There is no keyhole." "Send it here; and then come to me yourself." The trunk, a heavy one with steel bands round it, but no lock or keyhole, was carried in by two men.