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"I am not going to ask what you two are doing here," he said sternly, "because I know already. If I called the police I could send you both to prison for house breaking and attempted robbery; but I don't want any fuss, and perhaps you have been punished enough for the present. I'M NOT GOING TO ASK YOU WHAT YOU TWO WERE DOING HERE HE SAID STERNLY BECAUSE I KNOW ALREADY IF I CALLED THE POLICE I COULD SEND YOU BOTH TO PRISON FOR HOUSEBREAKING AND ATTEMPTED ROBBERY BUT I DON'T WANT ANY FUSS AND PERHAPS YOU'VE BEEN PUNCHED ENOUGH FOR THE PRESENT
 down it came on his knuckles. He did not howl this time. His hands unclasped and dropped beside him; his head went back, and he fainted in sheer terror. "There, my friend," said the Professor aloud, forgetting the presence of the woman for the moment; "mummy or no mummy, I don't think you will come into this house again. And as for you, madam," he went on, "of course, I can't give you a hiding, so the sight of his punishment will have to be enough for you. Still, I think you have had enough of attempted mummy-stealing to last you some time." The woman stared up into the vacancy out of which the voice came, her eyes dilated, and her lips trembling with the movement of her lower jaw. She saw a jug of water get up off the table and empty itself over her companion's face. Then she fainted, too. When Pent-Ah came to himself and sat up, he saw an elderly gentleman, tall and erect as a man in the prime of life, standing over him with the blackthorn in one hand and the water-jug in the other. IS HANDS CLASPED AS THOUGH IN PRAYER AND DOWN IT CAME ON HIS KNUCKLES HE DID NOT HOWL THIS TIME HIS HANDS UNCLASPED AND DROPPED BESIDE HIM HIS HEAD WENT BACK AND HE FAINTED IN SHEER TERROR THERE MY FRIEND SAID THE PROFESSOR ALOUD FORGETTING THE PRESENCE OF THE WOMAN FOR THE MOMENT MUMMY OR NO MUMMY I DON'T THINK YOU'LL COME INTO THIS HOUSE AGAIN AND AS FOR YOU MADAM HE WENT ON OF COURSE I CAN'T GIVE YOU A HIDING SO THE SIGHT OF HIS PUNISHMENT WILL HAVE TO BE ENOUGH FOR YOU STILL I THINK YOU HAVE HAD ENOUGH OF ATTEMPTED MUMMY STEALING TO LAST YOU SOME TIME THE WOMAN STOOD UP INTO THE VACANCY OUT OF WHICH THE VOICE CAME HER EYES DILATED AND HER LIPS TREMBLING WITH THE MOVEMENT OF HER LOWER JAW SHE SAW A JUG OF WATER GET OFF THE TABLE AND EMPTY ITSELF OVER HER COMPANION'S FACE THEN SHE FAINTED TOO WHEN PENT HAG CAME TO HIMSELF AND SAT UP HE SAW AN ELDERLY GENTLEMAN TALL AND ERECT AS A MAN IN THE PRIME OF LIFE STANDING OVER HIM WITH THE BLACKTHORN IN ONE HAND AND THE WATER JUG IN THE OTHER
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