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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. 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
stream of wine, which glittered with a pale ruby radiance in the light of the electric cluster that hung above his writing-desk. He set the flagon down, and as he raised the goblet to his lips, he heard his own voice saying in the ancient language of Khem: "As was, and is, and ever shall be; ever, yet never--never, yet ever. Nitocris the Queen, in the name of Nebzec I greet thee! From thy hands I take the gift of the Perfect Knowledge!" As he drained the 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. HE CURVED LIP THERE FELL A THIN STREAM OF WINE WHICH GLITTED WITH A PALE RUBY RADIANCE IN THE LIGHT OF THE ELECTRIC CLUSTER THAT HUNG ABOVE HIS WRITING DESK HE SET THE FLAGON DOWN AND AS HE RAISED THE GOBLET TO HIS LIPS HE HEARD HIS OWN VOICE SAYING IN THE ANCIENT LANGUAGE OF KEM AS WAS AND IS AND EVER SHALL BE EVER YET NEVER NEVER YET EVER NICHUS THE QUEEN IN THE NAME OF NEBSACK I GREET THEE FROM THY HANDS I TAKE THE GIFT OF PERFECT 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
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