After the suitcase a small mahogany box with inlays of Karelian birch was brought in… in the middle was a soapbox; behind the soapbox six or seven narrow partitions for razors; then square slots for a sand-shaker and an inkwell, with a hollowed-out boat between them for pens, sealing-waxes, and anything longer; then various partitions with and without lids for the shorter ones, filled with business, funeral, theater, and other tickets, which were put away as keepsakes. The whole upper drawer with all the dividers was taken out, and under it was a space occupied by piles of papers in sheet form, followed by a small hidden money drawer, which slid inconspicuously out the side of the box. It was always so hurriedly pulled out and slid in at the same moment by the owner that it was surely impossible to tell how much money was in there.