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The window of the study was open, but the door was shut; so was the door of his own room, but for all that he distinctly heard the man say to the woman in Coptic, which, curiously enough, sounded as familiar to his ears as the faces seemed to his eyes: "Neb Anat, it is gone! THE WINDOW OF THE STUDY WAS OPEN BUT THE DOOR WAS SHUT SO WAS THE DOOR OF HIS OWN ROOM BUT FOR ALL THAT HE DISTINCTLY HEARD THE MAN SAY TO THE WOMAN IN KOPDIC WHICH CURIOUSLY ENOUGH SOUNDED AS FAMILIAR TO HIS EARS AS THE FACES SEEMED TO HIS EYES NEB OR NOT IT IS GONE
king and wondering until he began to half-believe that he was dreaming again, so he got up and switched on the electric light. Then he turned involuntarily towards the wardrobe, which, as usual, had a long mirror running down the middle of it. To his amazement he did not see himself reflected in it. The mirror seemed to have vanished, and in its place was a window looking into his study. He saw the mummy-case leaning up against the wall, but it was empty. In front of it stood a man and a woman. Both were plainly, almost meanly, dressed; the man in a tightly-buttoned black frock-coat and baggy grey trousers; the woman in a plain gown of dark stuff, and a shawl which was draped round her head and shoulders in somewhat Eastern fashion. He could see their faces distinctly in profile. They were of the classic Coptic type which so persistently reproduces the features of the old Egyptians as we see them outlined in the wall-paintings of the temples and the half-mutilated carvings and statues. TO NIGHT HE WENT ON THINKING AND WONDERING UNTIL HE BEGAN TO HALF BELIEVE THAT HE WAS DREAMING AGAIN SO HE GOT UP AND SWITCHED ON THE ELECTRIC LIGHT THEN HE TURNED INVOLUNTARILY TOWARDS THE WARDROBE WHICH AS USUAL HAD A LONG MIRROR RUNNING DOWN THE MIDDLE OF IT TO HIS AMAZEMENT HE DID NOT SEE HIMSELF REFLECTED IN IT THE MIRROR SEEMED TO HAVE VANISHED AND IN ITS PLACE WAS A WINDOW LOOKING INTO HIS STUDY HE SAW THE MARMING CASE LEANING AGAINST THE WALL BUT IT WAS EMPTY IN FRONT OF IT STOOD A MAN AND A WOMAN BOTH WERE PLAINLY ALMOST MEANLY DRESSED THE MAN IN TIGHTLY BUTTONED BLACK FROCK COAT AND BAGGY GREY TROUSERS THE WOMAN IN A PLAIN GOWN OF DARK STUFF AND A SHAWL WHICH WAS DRAPED AROUND HER HEAD AND SHOULDERS IN SOMEWHAT EASTERN FASHION HE COULD SEE THEIR FACES DISTINCTLY IN PROFILE THEY WERE OF THE CLASSIC KOPTIC TYPE WHICH SO PERSISTENTLY REPRODUCES THE FEATURES OF THE OLD EGYPTIANS AS WE SEE THEM OUTLINED IN THE WALL PANINGS OF THE TEMPLES AND THE HALF MUTILATED CARVINGS AND STATUES
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