By this time Miss Florry Passford had put in an appearance in the upper hall, with Bertha Pembroke.

The alarm was again briefly explained, and the invalid gentleman was assured that nothing alarming had occurred.

Then the young lieutenant and his mother proceeded to ascertain what the burglar had accomplished in the house.
On the lower floor nothing appeared to have been disturbed.

In the parlor a gold watch, adorned with diamonds, had been left on the table by Florry, who had forgotten it; but it had not been taken.

The burglar could not have helped seeing it if he had explored the house as such gentry do on such occasions.