He took up the volume; it was his.

Next he discovered another possession--or so it seemed--approached it and took seisin of it in the same dumb way; and so with another and another.

Finally, blinking and looking askance, he passed his eyes from side to side to learn if he had overlooked anything.
But Claude's patience, though prolonged by curiosity, was at an end.

He took a step forward, and had the satisfaction of seeing Louis drop his air of mystery, and recoil two paces.

"If you don't speak," Claude cried, "I will break every bone in your body! Do you hear, you sneaking rogue?
Do you forget that you are in my debt already?
Tell me in two words what this dumb show means, or I will have payment for all!" Master Louis cringed, divided between the desire to flee and the fear of losing his property.