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"Yes," he continued, speaking as though under some strange exultation of the mind rather than of the senses, "yes, that is the wine of Cos. I drank it. I, Ma Rim[=o]n, the priest student of the Higher Mysteries; I, whose feet faltered on the threshold of the Place of the Elect, and whose heart failed him at the portal of the Sanctuary, even though Amen Ra was beckoning me to cross it." YES HE CONTINUED SPEAKING AS THOUGH UNDER SOME STRANGE EXULTATION OF THE MIND RATHER THAN OF THE SENSES YES THAT IS THE WINE OF COSTS I DRANK IT I MARRIMON THE PRIEST STUDENT OF THE HIGHER MYSTERIES I WHOSE FEET FALTERED ON THE THRESHOLD OF THE PLACE OF THE ELECT AND WHOSE HEART FAILED HIM AT THE PORTAL OF THE SANCTUARY EVEN THOUGH AMANRA WAS BECKONING ME TO CROSS IT
e goblet he turned towards the mummy-case. It might have been fancy, it might have been the effect of that miraculous old wine of Cos which, if he had really drunk it, must now be more than thirty centuries old: it might have been the result of the hard thinking that he had been doing now for several days and half-nights; but he certainly thought that the Queen's head suddenly became endowed with life, that the eyes opened, and the grey of the parchment skin softened into a delicate olive tinge with a faint rosy blush showing through it. The brown, shrivelled lips seemed to fill out, grow red, and smile. The eyelids lifted, and the eyes of the Nitocris of old looked down on him for a moment. He shook his head and looked, and there was the Mummy just as it had been when he opened the case. "Really, this is strange, almost to the point of bewilderment," he went on. "I wonder if there is any more of that wine left?" He took up the flagon and poured out another goblet, filled and drank it. CT KNOWLEDGE AS HE DRAINED THE GOBLET HE TURNED TOWARDS THE MUMMY CASE IT MAY HAVE BEEN A FANCY IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE EFFECT OF THAT MIRACULOUS OLD WINE OF COSTS WHICH IF HE REALLY HAD DRUNK IT MUST NOW BE MORE THAN THIRTY CENTURIES OLD IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE RESULT OF THE HARD THINKING THAT HE HAD BEEN DOING NOW FOR SEVERAL DAYS AND HALF NIGHTS BUT HE CERTAINLY THOUGHT THAT THE QUEEN'S HEAD SUDDENLY BECAME ENDOWED WITH LIFE THAT THE EYES OPENED AND THE GRAY OF THE PARCHMENT SKIN SOFTENED INTO A DELICATE OLIVE TINGE WITH A FAINT ROSY BLUSH SHOWING THROUGH IT THE BROWN SHRIVELLED LIPS SEEMED TO FILL OUT GROW RED AND SMILE THE EYELIDS LIFTED AND THE EYES OF NIDICHUS OF OLD LOOKED DOWN UPON HIM FOR A MOMENT HE SHOOK HIS HEAD AND LOOKED AND THERE WAS THE MUMMY JUST THAT HAD BEEN WHEN HE OPENED THE CASE REALLY THIS IS STRANGE ALMOST TO THE POINT OF BEWILDERMENT HE WENT ON I WONDER IF THERE IS ANY MORE OF THAT WINE LEFT HE TOOK UP THE FLAGON AND POURED OUT ANOTHER GOBLET FILLED AND DRANK IT
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