Then one of the men brought the Knight a strongbox, which he opened and took from it a bag and counted out five hundred pounds, the sum he had gotten from Robin.

But before the groom was able to fetch the watch, the robbers forced their way into the house, and broke open Milo's strongbox.

" Simon withdrew into a farther room, and Lamela and Raphael quickly searched in the cabinet for the strongbox.

Then I narrated the events with which my dream vision had furnished me, and the table learned the history of the young tradesman's life, of his school years, his peccadilloes, and finally, of a little act of roguery committed by him on the strongbox of his employer.