this meant that i retired first to my own room , as if this were an ordinary day , dressed myself in my best dark hunter 's green silk and velvet , put on my high boots and took up my gloves , and then taking the leather bags which i could affix to my horse 's saddle , i went down into the crypt and took from my parents and my aunts and uncles their very most treasured rings , necklaces and brooches , the buckles of gold and silver which had come from the holy land .