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"What on earth is the matter with me?" he said, putting his hand to his head. "That decanter is mine  it is the same, and yet it is standing in just the same place as that other thing  and I remember that, too. WHAT ON EARTH IS THE MATTER WITH ME HE SAID PUTTING HIS HAND TO HIS HEAD THE DECANTER IS MINE IT IS THE SAME AND YET STANDING IN JUST THE SAME PLACE AS THE OTHER THING AND I REMEMBER THAT TOO
lled. Nitocris the Queen had vanished and the Mummy was back in its case, blind, rigid, and silent, as it had been for fifty centuries. For several moments he looked at the hard, grey, fixed features of the woman who had once been Nitocris, Queen of Middle Egypt, half expecting, after what he had seen, or thought he had seen, that the soul would return, that the long-closed eyes would open again, and that the long-silent lips would speak to him. But no! For all the answer that he got he might as well have been looking upon the granite features of the Sphinx itself. He turned away again towards the table, and murmured: "Ah well! I suppose it was only an hallucination, after all. One of these strange pranks that the over-strained intellect sometimes plays with us. Perhaps I have been thinking too much lately. And now I really think I had better follow Niti's advice, and take my night-cap and go to bed." But as he put out his hand to take the whisky decanter he stopped and pulled it back. ENCED BEFORE BUT HIS WORST FEARS WERE NOT FULFILLED NICHRIS THE QUEEN HAD VANISHED AND THE MUMMY WAS BACK IN ITS CASE BLIND RIGID AND SILENT AS IT HAD BEEN FOR FIFTY CENTURIES FOR SEVERAL MOMENTS HE LOOKED AT THE HARD GREY FIXED FIGURE OF THE WOMAN WHO HAD ONCE BEEN NIDOCRUS QUEEN OF MIDDLE EGYPT HALF EXPECTING AFTER WHAT HE HAD SEEN OR THOUGHT HE HAD SEEN THAT THE SOUL WOULD RETURN THAT THE LONG CLOSED EYES WOULD OPEN AGAIN AND THAT THE LONG SILENT LIPS WOULD SPEAK TO HIM BUT NO FOR ALL TO ANSWER THAT HE GOT HE MIGHT AS WELL BEEN LOOKING UPON THE GRANITE FEATURES OF THE SPHINX ITSELF HE TURNED AWAY TOWARDS THE TABLE AND MURMURED AH WELL I SUPPOSE IT WAS ONLY AN HALLUCINATION AFTER ALL ONE OF THOSE STRANGE PRANKS THAT THE OVERSTRAINED INTELLECT SOMETIMES PLAYS WITH US PERHAPS I HAVE BEEN THINKING TOO MUCH LATELY AND NOW I REALLY THINK I'D BETTER FOLLOW KNITTY'S ADVICE AND TAKE MY NIGHTCAP AND GO TO BED BUT AS HE PUT HIS HAND OUT TO TAKE THE WHISKY DECANTER HE STOPPED AND PULLED IT BACK
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