"Tell me if this room has changed much since you were last here.

Is the furniture the same?
Is that the writing-table?
What chair did you sit in?
Where was it placed?
Quick, man! You have wasted eighteen months.

Give me no opinions, but facts." Thus admonished, scared somewhat by the barrister's volcanic energy, Hume obeyed him.
"There is no material change in the room," he said.

"The secretaire is the same.

You see, here is the drawer which was broken open.