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Surely
in
both
these
cases
there
must
have
been
some
active
intelligence
awake
,
and
with
some
other
power
to
wield
.
"
Mr.
Trelawny
's
answer
was
equally
to
the
point
:
"
There
was
some
active
intelligence
awake
.
I
am
convinced
of
it
.
And
it
wielded
a
power
which
it
never
lacks
.
I
believe
that
on
both
those
occasions
hypnotism
was
the
power
wielded
.
"
"
And
wherein
is
that
power
contained
?
What
view
do
you
hold
on
the
subject
?
"
Doctor
Winchester
's
voice
vibrated
with
the
intensity
of
his
excitement
as
he
leaned
forward
,
breathing
hard
,
and
with
eyes
staring
.
Mr.
Trelawny
said
solemnly
:
"
In
the
mummy
of
the
Queen
Tera
!
I
was
coming
to
that
presently
.
Perhaps
we
had
better
wait
till
I
clear
the
ground
a
little
.
What
I
hold
is
,
that
the
preparation
of
that
box
was
made
for
a
special
occasion
;
as
indeed
were
all
the
preparations
of
the
tomb
and
all
belonging
to
it
.
Queen
Tera
did
not
trouble
herself
to
guard
against
snakes
and
scorpions
,
in
that
rocky
tomb
cut
in
the
sheer
cliff
face
a
hundred
feet
above
the
level
of
the
valley
,
and
fifty
down
from
the
summit
.
Her
precautions
were
against
the
disturbances
of
human
hands
;
against
the
jealousy
and
hatred
of
the
priests
,
who
,
had
they
known
of
her
real
aims
,
would
have
tried
to
baffle
them
.
From
her
point
of
view
,
she
made
all
ready
for
the
time
of
resurrection
,
whenever
that
might
be
.
I
gather
from
the
symbolic
pictures
in
the
tomb
that
she
so
far
differed
from
the
belief
of
her
time
that
she
looked
for
a
resurrection
in
the
flesh
.
It
was
doubtless
this
that
intensified
the
hatred
of
the
priesthood
,
and
gave
them
an
acceptable
cause
for
obliterating
the
very
existence
,
present
and
future
,
of
one
who
had
outrage
their
theories
and
blasphemed
their
gods
.
All
that
she
might
require
,
either
in
the
accomplishment
of
the
resurrection
or
after
it
,
were
contained
in
that
almost
hermetically
sealed
suite
of
chambers
in
the
rock
.
In
the
great
sarcophagus
,
which
as
you
know
is
of
a
size
quite
unusual
even
for
kings
,
was
the
mummy
of
her
Familiar
,
the
cat
,
which
from
its
great
size
I
take
to
be
a
sort
of
tiger-cat
.
In
the
tomb
,
also
in
a
strong
receptacle
,
were
the
canopic
jars
usually
containing
those
internal
organs
which
are
separately
embalmed
,
but
which
in
this
case
had
no
such
contents
.
So
that
,
I
take
it
,
there
was
in
her
case
a
departure
in
embalming
;
and
that
the
organs
were
restored
to
the
body
,
each
in
its
proper
place
--
if
,
indeed
,
they
had
ever
been
removed
.
If
this
surmise
be
true
,
we
shall
find
that
the
brain
of
the
Queen
either
was
never
extracted
in
the
usual
way
,
or
,
if
so
taken
out
,
that
it
was
duly
replaced
,
instead
of
being
enclosed
within
the
mummy
wrappings
.
Finally
,
in
the
sarcophagus
there
was
the
Magic
Coffer
on
which
her
feet
rested
.
Mark
you
also
,
the
care
taken
in
the
preservance
of
her
power
to
control
the
elements
.
According
to
her
belief
,
the
open
hand
outside
the
wrappings
controlled
the
Air
,
and
the
strange
Jewel
Stone
with
the
shining
stars
controlled
Fire
.
The
symbolism
inscribed
on
the
soles
of
her
feet
gave
sway
over
Land
and
Water
.
About
the
Star
Stone
I
shall
tell
you
later
;
but
whilst
we
are
speaking
of
the
sarcophagus
,
mark
how
she
guarded
her
secret
in
case
of
grave-wrecking
or
intrusion
.
None
could
open
her
Magic
Coffer
without
the
lamps
,
for
we
know
now
that
ordinary
light
will
not
be
effective
.
The
great
lid
of
the
sarcophagus
was
not
sealed
down
as
usual
,
because
she
wished
to
control
the
air
.
But
she
hid
the
lamps
,
which
in
structure
belong
to
the
Magic
Coffer
,
in
a
place
where
none
could
find
them
,
except
by
following
the
secret
guidance
which
she
had
prepared
for
only
the
eyes
of
wisdom
.
And
even
here
she
had
guarded
against
chance
discovery
,
by
preparing
a
bolt
of
death
for
the
unwary
discoverer
.
To
do
this
she
had
applied
the
lesson
of
the
tradition
of
the
avenging
guard
of
the
treasures
of
the
pyramid
,
built
by
her
great
predecessor
of
the
Fourth
Dynasty
of
the
throne
of
Egypt
.
"
You
have
noted
,
I
suppose
,
how
there
were
,
in
the
case
of
her
tomb
,
certain
deviations
from
the
usual
rules
.
For
instance
,
the
shaft
of
the
Mummy
Pit
,
which
is
usually
filled
up
solid
with
stones
and
rubbish
,
was
left
open
.
Why
was
this
?
I
take
it
that
she
had
made
arrangements
for
leaving
the
tomb
when
,
after
her
resurrection
,
she
should
be
a
new
woman
,
with
a
different
personality
,
and
less
inured
to
the
hardships
that
in
her
first
existence
she
had
suffered
So
far
as
we
can
judge
of
her
intent
,
all
things
needful
for
her
exit
into
the
world
had
been
thought
of
,
even
to
the
iron
chain
,
described
by
Van
Huyn
,
close
to
the
door
in
the
rock
,
by
which
she
might
be
able
to
lower
herself
to
the
ground
.
That
she
expected
a
long
period
to
elapse
was
shown
in
the
choice
of
material
.
An
ordinary
rope
would
be
rendered
weaker
or
unsafe
in
process
of
time
,
but
she
imagined
,
and
rightly
,
that
the
iron
would
endure
.
"
What
her
intentions
were
when
once
she
trod
the
open
earth
afresh
we
do
not
know
,
and
we
never
shall
,
unless
her
own
dead
lips
can
soften
and
speak
.
"
"
Now
,
as
to
the
Star
Jewel
!
This
she
manifestly
regarded
as
the
greatest
of
her
treasures
.
On
it
she
had
engraven
words
which
none
of
her
time
dared
to
speak
.
