You have gone into the room and come out again, but you have not looked, you have not dared to look." "I have looked," she answered quietly.

"In the box that is chained to the wall.

There are no papers in it.

There is nothing in it except a small phial." "A phial ?" "Of some golden liquid." "That is all ?" "All!" Louis Gentilis stared at her, open-mouthed.

Had the Syndic deceived him?
Or had some one deceived the Syndic?
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