At length, however, Lilly reached a part of the wall where a door appeared to have been stopped up, and playing the rods near it, they turned one over the other.
"The treasure is here!" he exclaimed.

"It is hidden beneath this flag." Instantly, all were in action.

Quatremain called to his assistants to bring their mattocks and the iron bar.

Rochester ran up and tendered his aid; Etherege did the same; and in a few moments the flag was forced from its position.
On examination, it seemed as if the ground beneath it had been recently disturbed, though it was carefully trodden down.

But without stopping to investigate the matter, the mason and the younger verger commenced digging.