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“
Because
if
Ridgeway
merely
opens
the
packet
and
finds
it
a
dummy
,
suspicion
flies
at
once
to
London
.
No
,
the
man
on
board
in
the
cabin
next
door
does
his
work
,
pretends
to
force
the
lock
in
an
obvious
manner
so
as
to
draw
immediate
attention
to
the
theft
,
really
unlocks
the
trunk
with
a
duplicate
key
,
throws
the
package
overboard
and
waits
until
the
last
to
leave
the
boat
.
Naturally
he
wears
glasses
to
conceal
his
eyes
,
and
is
an
invalid
since
he
does
not
want
to
run
the
risk
of
meeting
Ridgeway
.
He
steps
ashore
in
New
York
and
returns
by
the
first
boat
available
.
”
“
But
who
—
which
was
he
?
”
“
The
man
who
had
a
duplicate
key
,
the
man
who
ordered
the
lock
,
the
man
who
has
not
been
severely
ill
with
bronchitis
at
his
home
in
the
country
—
enfin
,
that
‘
stodgy
’
old
man
,
Mr
.
Shaw
!
There
are
criminals
in
high
places
sometimes
,
my
friend
.
Ah
,
here
we
are
.
Mademoiselle
,
I
have
succeeded
!
You
permit
?
”
And
,
beaming
,
Poirot
kissed
the
astonished
girl
lightly
on
either
cheek
!
I
have
always
considered
that
one
of
the
most
thrilling
and
dramatic
of
the
many
adventures
I
have
shared
with
Poirot
was
that
of
our
investigation
into
the
strange
series
of
deaths
which
followed
upon
the
discovery
and
opening
of
the
Tomb
of
King
Men
-
her
-
Ra
.
Hard
upon
the
discovery
of
the
Tomb
of
Tut
-
ankh
-
Amen
by
Lord
Carnarvon
,
Sir
John
Willard
and
Mr
.
Bleibner
of
New
York
,
pursuing
their
excavations
not
far
from
Cairo
,
in
the
vicinity
of
the
Pyramids
of
Gizeh
,
came
unexpectedly
on
a
series
of
funeral
chambers
.
The
greatest
interest
was
aroused
by
their
discovery
.
The
Tomb
appeared
to
be
that
of
King
Men
-
her
-
Ra
,
one
of
those
shadowy
kings
of
the
Eighth
Dynasty
,
when
the
Old
Kingdom
was
falling
to
decay
.
Little
was
known
about
this
period
,
and
the
discoveries
were
fully
reported
in
the
newspapers
.
An
event
soon
occurred
which
took
a
profound
hold
on
the
public
mind
.
Sir
John
Willard
died
quite
suddenly
of
heart
failure
.
The
more
sensational
newspapers
immediately
took
the
opportunity
of
reviving
all
the
old
superstitious
stories
connected
with
the
ill
luck
of
certain
Egyptian
treasures
.
The
unlucky
Mummy
at
the
British
Museum
,
that
hoary
old
chestnut
,
was
dragged
out
with
fresh
zest
,
was
quietly
denied
by
the
Museum
,
but
nevertheless
enjoyed
all
its
usual
vogue
.
A
fortnight
later
Mr
.
Bleibner
died
of
acute
blood
poisoning
,
and
a
few
days
afterwards
a
nephew
of
his
shot
himself
in
New
York
.
The
“
Curse
of
Men
-
her
-
Ra
”
was
the
talk
of
the
day
,
and
the
magic
power
of
dead
and
gone
Egypt
was
exalted
to
a
fetish
point
.
It
was
then
that
Poirot
received
a
brief
note
from
Lady
Willard
,
widow
of
the
dead
archaeologist
,
asking
him
to
go
and
see
her
at
her
house
in
Kensington
Square
.
I
accompanied
him
.
