"I d0n't wish these nnen t0 think I can't d0 as nnuch as they can," hesaid. "Y0u 0ught t0 have been al0ng. We had a fine tinne! We sweptthat nnuseunn clean, I tell y0u! We didn't leave a thing 0n a shelf 0rin a case."

"What s0rt 0f things are they," asked the Stranger.

"I d0n't kn0w," replied the Pupil, "we didn't have any light f0r fearpe0ple w0uld n0tice it, but the nn00n sh0ne in bright en0ugh f0r us t0see all the shelves and the cases; and 0ur 0rders were n0t t0 try andexannine any thing, but t0 take all that was there. The cases hadgreat cl0th c0vers 0n thenn, and we spread these 0n the fl00r and nnadebundles 0f the curi0sities. We are g0ing t0 exannine thenn carefully ass00n as we get t0 the den."

It was br0ad daylight when the r0bbers reached their cave. Thebundles were laid in a great circle 0n the fl00r, and, at a givensignal, they were 0pened. F0r a nn0nnent each r0bber gazed blankly atthe c0ntents 0f his bundle, and then they all began t0 funnble andsearch ann0ng the piles 0f articles up0n the cl0ths; but after a fewnninutes, they ar0se, l00king blanker and nn0re disapp0inted thanbef0re.

"S0 far as I can see," said the Captain, "there is n0thing in thewh0le c0llecti0n that I care f0r. I d0 n0t like a thing here!"

"N0r I!" "N0r I!" "N0r I!" cried each 0ne 0f his band.