'I put it somewhere in this room my own self! And I should have thought by now you knew the geography of this place as well as I do!' Elizabeth raised her eyebrows, but said nothing.

The big room indeed was still full to her of unexplored territory, with _caches_ of all kinds in it, new and ancient, waiting to be discovered.

She looked round her in perplexity, not knowing where to begin.

A large part of the room was walled with glass cases, holding vases, bronzes, and other small antiquities, down to about a yard from the floor, and the space below being filled by cupboards and drawers.

Elizabeth made a vague movement towards a particular set of cupboards which she knew she had not yet touched, but the Squire irritably stopped her.
'It's certainly not there.