"About what ages were the young ladies?"
"Can't quite say. They wore veils; but I should reckon from eighteen to twenty-two. That's near enough."
"What luggage was there?"
"Two trunks, a small box, and some other little things they took care of themselves."
"You had charge of the two trunks?"
"Yes."
"And of the small box?"
"O, no; the gentleman wouldn't let it out of his hands. I offered to help him with it, but he wouldn't let me touch it."
"That surprised you?"
"Well, yes, because it was uncommon heavy. If it was filled with gold he couldn't have been more careful of it."