To find them, he overturned everything, upset the cupboards, unfolded the linen, broke open the secretary, of which he could not find the key, and even emptied the mattress of the bed.

At last he found these documents.

And then do you know what he did with them?
Why, burned them, of course; not in the fire-place, but in the little stove in the front room.

His end accomplished, what does he do next?
He flies, carrying with him all that he finds valuable, to baffle detection, by suggesting a robbery.

He wrapped everything he found worth taking in the napkin which was to have served him at dinner, and blowing out the candle, he fled, locking the door on the outside, and throwing the key into a ditch.