It was first cousin to that!" nodding at a splendidly carved old piece which faced him.
Miss Beach's household goods were inherited from her great-grandfather, and included some fine specimens of oak, as well as rare Chippendale.
Winona was too young to be a connoisseur of antiquities, but she had the curiosity to rise from her chair and join Percy in his inspection of the article in question.
"I tell you they're as alike as two peas!" he declared.

"Same shape, same sort of carving, same knobs at the end! The reason why I remember the thing is that the buyer found a secret drawer in it after he'd got it home, with some old rubbish inside, and there was a lawsuit as to who owned these.

He claimed he'd bought the lot with the cupboard, but the judge made him turn them up to the family of the original owner.

That was why there was a picture of the cupboard in the newspaper.

It put an arrow showing the place of the secret drawer.