On returning, he found that Horner had disappeared, that the bureau had been forced open, and that the small morocco casket in which, as it afterwards transpired, the Countess was accustomed to keep her jewel, was lying empty upon the dressing-table.
Al regresar comprobó que Horner había desaparecido, que el escritorio había sido forzado y que el cofrecillo de tafilete en el que, según se supo luego, la condesa acostumbraba a guardar la joya, estaba tirado, vacío, sobre el tocador.