There was a long silence.
'Where did you find this ?' Mutimer inquired at length.

His tone astonished her; it was almost indifferent.

But he did not raise his eyes.
She explained.

It was needless, she thought, to give a reason for her search in the lower cupboard; but the first thing that occurred to Mutimer was to demand such reason.
A moment's hesitation; then: 'A piece of money rolled down behind the shelf on which the books are; there is a gap at the back.

I suppose that is how the will fell down.' His eye was now steadily fixed upon her, coldly scrutinising, as one regards a suspected stranger.