What does Tosca take from Scarpia after killing him?

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Art Nouveau poster by Adolfo Hohenstein for Puccini's opera Tosca, showing a woman in a gold dress standing over a fallen figure, with dramatic red and black background and bold title text. — Tosca Poster by Adolfo Hohenstein for Giacomo Puccini's opera *Tosca*, 1906.

After killing Scarpia with a knife in Act II of the opera Tosca, the title character wrenches the safe-conduct note from his stiffening hand. This document is essential for her and her lover, Cavaradossi, to leave the country safely.1