"I suppose," said Mr. Thaxton, "that we had better try this old bureau first."
Mr. Thaxton slowly tried a key, and opened a drawer.
It was full of papers, which he merely glanced at and laid aside.
Then he opened the writing-desk portion of the bureau, and found a drawer full of trinkets.
"Here it must be," he said, pointing to the drawer. "Will you look?"
Violet rose, and, with trembling fingers, turned over the jewelry.
"These were my mother's jewels," she said.
"Is the locket in there?" asked Mrs. Mildmay.
"No," said Violet, after a pause, and with evident disappointment. "No, there is no locket here."
"Let us search another drawer," said the lawyer, and he unlocked the next in succession.