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A motor car came humming along the road towards him, and he began to think what this place was like a thousand years before motors were heard of. A MOTOR CAR CAME HUMMING ALONG THE ROAD TOWARDS HIM AND HE BEGAN TO THINK WHAT THIS PLACE WAS LIKE A THOUSAND YEARS BEFORE MOTIVES WERE HEARD OF
e of intellectual chaos sent a shudder through his nerves. He could not do it. And yet it was only the bare, solid truth that he did possess these powers. The dream of the death-bridal of Nitocris might possibly have been nothing more than just a dream, or possibly the revival of an episode in a past existence; but the other experiences certainly were not. He had taken off his ring without unbending his finger. Yes, he could do it again now; it was just as easy as taking it off in the ordinary way. He certainly had not been dreaming when the Mummy had become Queen Nitocris and given him the wine. He could not have been mad or dreaming, because his daughter was there. The episode of the strange stealers who had come into his house--that too was real, for they had left their lamp and the man's shoes behind them, and the Mummy was gone! He took a piece of string out of his pocket, tied the two ends, and then with the greatest ease tied another knot in the string without undoing the first. WORLD INTO A HOPELESS STATE OF INTELLECTUAL CHAOS SENT A SHUDDER THROUGH HIS NERVES HE COULD NOT DO IT AND YET IT WAS ONLY THE BARE SOLID TRUTH THAT HE DID POSSESS THESE POWERS THE DREAM OF THE DEATH BRIDAL OF NIDICHRUS MIGHT POSSIBLY HAVE BEEN NOTHING MORE THAN JUST A DREAM OR POSSIBLY THE REVIVAL OF AN EPISODE IN A PAST EXISTENCE BUT THE OTHER EXPERIENCES CERTAINLY WERE NOT HE HAD TAKEN OFF HIS RING WITHOUT UNBENDING HIS FINGER YES HE COULD DO IT AGAIN NOW IT WAS JUST AS EASY AS TAKING IT OFF THE ORDINARY WAY HE CERTAINLY HAD NOT BEEN DREAMING WHEN THE MUMMY HAD BECOME QUEEN NIDIKRUS AND GIVEN HIM THE WINE HE COULD NOT HAVE BEEN MAD OR DREAMY BECAUSE HIS DAUGHTER WAS THERE THE EPISODE OF THE STRANGE STEALERS WHO HAD COME INTO HIS HOUSE THAT TOO WAS REAL FOR THEY LEFT THEIR LAMP AND THE MAN'S SHOES BEHIND THEM AND THE MUMMY WAS GONE HE TOOK A PIECE OF STRING OUT OF HIS POCKET TIED THE TWO ENDS AND THEN WITH THE GREATEST OF EASE TIED ANOTHER KNOT IN THE STRING WITHOUT UNDOING THE FIRST
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