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Now, O Pent Ah, is our task much harder, yet will its accomplishment be all the more glorious for you and me, and greatly will our Lord reward us if we can restore to his keeping, not the ravished mummy of Nitocris, but the Queen herself, warm and breathing and beautiful, as she was in the ancient days of the great Rameses." "I'll be hanged if you do!" NOW O PENT AH IS OUR TASK MUCH HARDER YET WILL ITS ACCOMPLISHMENT BE ALL THE MORE GLORIOUS FOR YOU AND ME AND GREATLY WILL OUR LORD REWARD US IF WE GREW RESTORED TO HIS KEEPING NOT THE RAVISHED MUMMY OF NIDICHRUS BUT THE QUEEN HERSELF WARM AND BREATHING AND BEAUTIFUL AS SHE WAS IN THE ANCIENT DAYS OF THE GREAT RAMESES I'LL BE HANGED IF YOU DO
m, then, there was evidently no danger--but Niti----? They moved along to the next door. That was hers. The woman put her hand on the knob and turned it. To his horror, the door opened. She had forgotten to lock it. They both crept in, and he followed them boldly enough now, knowing what he did. The ray leapt rapidly about the room till it fell on the bed with its pale blue silken coverlet, and then on the pillow, on which rested the head of the sleeping, breathing image of the long-dead Queen. With a half-stifled gasp the man shrank back and dropped the lamp, and the Professor heard him say to the woman in a shuddering whisper: "By the High Gods, Neb-Anat, it is a miracle! Do you not see her? It is she--the Queen--alive again, as the ancient prophecy said she should be. What magic have these heathens used?" "Yes," replied the woman, whispering lower, "truly it is the Queen, and she is alive and sleeping--no doubt passing from the sleep of death through the sleep of life to life again.  WAS INVISIBLE TO ALL DWELLERS IN IT FOR HIM THEN THERE WAS EVIDENTLY NO DANGER BUT NETTIE THEY MOVED ALONG TO THE NEXT DOOR THAT WAS HERS THE WOMAN PUT HER HAND ON THE KNOB AND TURNED IT TO HIS HORROR THE DOOR OPENED SHE HAD FORGOTTEN TO LOCK IT THEY BOTH CREPT IN AND HE FOLLOWED THEM BOLDLY ENOUGH NOW KNOWING WHAT HE DID THE RAY LEAPT RAPIDLY ABOUT THE ROOM TILL IT FELL ON THE BED WITH ITS PALE BLUE SILKEN COVERLET AND THEN ON A PILLOW ON WHICH RESTED THE HEAD OF THE SLEEPING BREATHING IMAGE OF THE LONG DEAD QUEEN WITH A HALF STIFLED GASP THE MAN SHRANK BACK AND DROPPED THE LAMP AND THE PROFESSOR HEARD HIM SAY TO THE WOMAN IN A SHUDDERING WHISPER BY THE HIGH GODS NEB ANNAUGHT IT IS A MIRACLE DO YOU NOT SEE HER IT IS SHE THE QUEEN ALIVE AGAIN AS THE AGENT PROPHES SAID SHE WOULD BE WHAT MAGIC HAVE THESE HEATHENS USED YES REPLIED THE WOMAN WHISPERING LOWER TRULY IT IS THE QUEEN AND SHE IS ALIVE AND SLEEPING NO DOUBT PASSING FROM THE SLEEP OF DEATH THROUGH THE SLEEP OF LIFE TO LIFE AGAIN
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