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The voice, strangely like his daughter's and his dead wife's also, appeared to come from nowhere and yet from everywhere, and it had a faint and far away echo in it which harmonised most marvellously with other echoes which seemed to come up out of the depths of his own soul. Where had he heard it before? THE VOICE STRANGELY LIKE HIS DAUGHTER'S AND HIS DEAD WIFE'S ALSO APPEARED TO COME FROM NOWHERE AND YET FROM EVERYWHERE AND IT HAD A FAINT AND FAR AWAY ECHO IN IT WHICH HARMONIZED MOST MARVELOUSLY WITH THE OTHER ECHOES WHICH SEEMED TO COME UP OUT OF THE DEPTHS OF HIS SOUL WHERE HAD HE HEARD IT BEFORE
 of the Inmost Sanctuary of Knowledge: you who, if your footsteps had not turned aside into the way of temptation and trodden the black path of Sin, might even now be dwelling on the Shores of Everlasting Peace in the Land of Amenti--dost _thou_ dare to ask such a question?" The sudden change of the pronoun seemed to him to put the Clock of Time back indefinitely. He was standing by his desk still facing the Mummy just as his daughter had left him after saying "good-night." He was not a man to be easily astonished. Not only was he one of the best-read amateur Egyptologists in Europe, but he was also an ex-President of the Royal Society, a Member of the Psychical Research Society, and, moreover, Chairman of a recently appointed Commission on Comparative Insanity, the object of whose labours was to determine, if possible, what proportion of people outside asylums were mad or sane according to a standard which, somehow, no one had thought of inventing before--the standard of common-sense.  ALMOST STOOD UPON THE THRESHOLD OF THE INMOST SANCTUARY OF KNOWLEDGE YOU WHO IF YOUR FOOTSTEPS HAD NOT TURNED ASIDE INTO THE WAY OF TEMPTATION AND TRODDEN THE BLACK PATH OF SIN MIGHT EVEN NOW BE DWELLING ON THE SHORES OF THE EVERLASTING PEACE AND THE LAND OF AMMUNTY DOST THOU DARE ASK SUCH A QUESTION THE SUDDEN CHANGE OF THE PRONOUN SEEMED TO HIM TO PUT THE CLOCK OF TIME BACK INDEFINITELY HE WAS STANDING BY HIS DESK STILL FACING THE MUMMY JUST AS THE DOG HAD LEFT HIM AFTER SAYING GOOD NIGHT HE WAS NOT A MAN TO BE EASILY ASTONISHED NOT ONLY WAS HE ONE OF THE BEST READ AMATEUR EGYPTOLOGIST IN EUROPE HE WAS ALSO THE EX PRESIDENT OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A MEMBER OF THE PHYSICAL RESEARCH SOCIETY AND MOREOVER CHAIRMAN OF A RECENTLY APPOINTED COMMISSION ON COMPARATIVE INSANITY THE OBJECT OF WHOSE LABOURS WAS TO DETERMINE IF POSSIBLE WHAT PROPORTION OF PEOPLE OUTSIDE ASYLUMS WERE MAD OR SANE ACCORDING TO A STANDARD WHICH SOMEHOW NO ONE HAD THOUGHT OF INVENTING BEFORE THE STANDARD OF COMMON SENSE
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