What did this bag look like?
What did it contain?
"A purse--a ticket--some letters, papers," Katharine counted, becoming more agitated as she recalled the list.

Denham went on quickly in advance of her, and she heard him shout that he had found it before she reached the seat.

In order to make sure that all was safe she spread the contents on her knee.

It was a queer collection, Denham thought, gazing with the deepest interest.

Loose gold coins were tangled in a narrow strip of lace; there were letters which somehow suggested the extreme of intimacy; there were two or three keys, and lists of commissions against which crosses were set at intervals.