However, she had not long to wait.
A broad-shouldered, pleasant-looking young fellow, who seemed on very friendly terms with Joe Chandler, came forward suddenly, and, unlocking a common-place-looking door, ushered the little party of three through into the Black Museum.
For a moment there came across Daisy a feeling of keen disappointment and surprise.

This big, light room simply reminded her of what they called the Science Room in the public library of the town where she lived with Old Aunt.

Here, as there, the centre was taken up with plain glass cases fixed at a height from the floor which enabled their contents to be looked at closely.
She walked forward and peered into the case nearest the door.

The exhibits shown there were mostly small, shabby-looking little things, the sort of things one might turn out of an old rubbish cupboard in an untidy house--old medicine bottles, a soiled neckerchief, what looked like a child's broken lantern, even a box of pills.

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