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Chapter 3: Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna Treasures

………Having the unlocking codes, he discovered that the contents were so numerous that they filled the whole safe. The bags he had brought with him, he soon realised, were not quite large enough to bring out all the items undamaged, as he had to stuff and press them down to an extent that he had noticed a tiara was being bent a little dislodging some of its pearls. There were also several bonds and share certificates. He thought that these were not very negotiable, but just in case he stuffed those which he thought were of value into his shirt, locked the safe door and closed the oak panelling secret door in the bathroom……….