But you can get what I want without trouble if you are not afraid of going about the house at night.

It's a little box with my name on it; and it is hidden--" "Where ?" "Behind a brick I loosened in the cellar wall.

I can describe the very place.

Oh, you think I am asking too much of you--a stranger and a lady." "No, I'm willing to do what I can for you.

But I think you ought to tell me what's in the box, so that I shall know exactly what I am doing." "I can't tell; I do not dare to tell till I have it again in my own hand.