As soon as Croll was gone he searched among various papers in his desk and drawers, and having found two signatures, those of his daughter and of this German clerk, set to work tracing them with some thin tissue paper. 
As soon as Croll was gone he searched among various papers in his desk. Having found two signatures, those of his daughter and of his German clerk, he bolted the door and then set to work tracing them with tissue paper. 