"Put them on that table."
She obeyed.
"Take off them bracelets."
She flung them on the table.
"And the pins."
In her haste, she pulled off the brooches, pricking her finger and, without waiting his command added the gold chain she wore about her neck.
"Now go up-stairs."
She ran up, trembling to feel him behind her.
"Gather up your jewels, gather up every one of them," he commanded, following her into her room.