Then it seemed to him as if he heard a noise outside,
indistinct at first, but very soon audible enough. The noise
resembled the cry of an angry bear, and this he knew to be a signal
from the chief calling him forth.
'I will not go till I get one more locker open,' he thought; and
then set at work again with his pick-locks and skeleton keys. This
compartment was the easiest of all rifled; the box of coin was
secured and put into his sack. He then carefully closed and relocked
the doors, hoisted his bag, now extremely heavy, upon his back, and
retraced his steps.
The door of the secret room he likewise carefully reclosed; then
passed through the library, the drawing-room, and into the kitchen.
There was no stir, and he laid his bag of booty upon the bed which
poor Bridget had so kindly spread for him. The cat, a great male
tortoiseshell, came from the corner with tail erect and back curved,
and he rubbed his handsome side, against The Lifter who calmly
proceeded to put on his boots.
The robber did not show the least anxiety but calmly proceeded, by
the light of his candle, to tie his boots and prepare himself for a
start.
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