Of the two shorter walls, one contained the door in grooves which I have already mentioned as communicating with the front room; the other was almost entirely occupied by the broad window which looked out on the courtyard.
Taking the doorway wall first, what was there, in the shape of furniture, on either side of it?
There was a card-table on either side.
Above each card-table stood a magnificent china bowl placed on a gilt and carved bracket fixed to the wall.
I opened the card-tables.

The drawers beneath contained nothing but cards, and the usual counters and markers.

With the exception of one pack, the cards in both tables were still wrapped in their paper covers exactly as they had come from the shop.

I examined the loose pack, card by card.

No writing, no mark of any kind, was visible on any one of them.