Then she set the tub aside, and took from the chest a huge bunch of a hundred rusty keys, that clattered in her shaking hands.

Brody took two beers from the chest, removed the metal tabs, and started to climb the stairs.

And he took the cloak and the amber chain from the chest where they lay, and showed them to her.

She had, in fact, taken a length of wire from the chest in the duke's bedroom.

Or even taken it from the chest, for that matter.

He took a blanket from the chest by the couch and draped it over her.

Taking a clean white robe from the chest beneath his bed he dressed swiftly and made his way down to the kitchens.

Paul took a five-pound beef roast from the chest and dropped it on the floor.

"You can be yourself anywhere," said Joan clearly, taking from the chest an exquisite old lavender gown for which she seemed to have come.

The Copilco priest took the fire from the chest and transmitted it to a bonfire.