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"Dear me!" said the Professor to himself, not without a little shiver of apprehension, "this is very interesting. I seem to have put myself back into the tenth century. DEAR ME SAID THE PROFESSOR TO HIMSELF NOT WITHOUT A LITTLE SHIVER OF APPREHENSION THIS IS VERY INTERESTING I SEEM TO HAVE PUT MYSELF BACK INTO THE TENTH CENTURY
nd 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. 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. That instant the motor vanished, and he found himself standing in a little glade surrounded by huge forest trees with not so much as a foot-track in sight. He made his way through the trees in what he remembered to be the direction of the road, and presently, through an opening avenue, he saw the sun glittering upon something moving, and heard voices; and then past the end of the avenue half a dozen armoured knights, followed by their squires and a string of men-at-arms guarding a covered waggon, and after these came a motley little crowd of travellers, some on horseback and some on foot, evidently taking advantage of the escort to protect them from robbers. '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 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 THAT INSTANT THE MOTOR VANISHED AND HE FOUND HIMSELF STANDING IN A LITTLE GLADE SURROUNDED BY A HUGE FOREST OF TREES WITH NOT SO MUCH AS A FOOT TRACK IN SIGHT HE MADE HIS WAY THROUGH THE TREES IN WHAT HE REMEMBERED TO BE THE DIRECTION OF THE ROAD AND PRESENTLY THROUGH AN OPENING AVENUE HE SAW THE SUN GLITTERING UPON SOMETHING MOVING AND HEARD VOICES AND THEN PAST THE END OF THE AVENUE HALF A DOZEN ARMORED KNIGHTS FOLLOWED BY THEIR SQUIRES AND A STRING OF MEN AT ARMS GUARDING A COVERED WAGON AND AFTER THESE CAME A MOTLEY LITTLE CROWD OF TRAVELLERS SOME ON HORSEBACK AND SOME ON FOOT EVIDENTLY TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE ESCORT TO PROTECT HIM FROM ROBBERS
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