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"
From
first
to
last
the
cryptic
writing
and
symbolism
of
that
wondrous
tomb
of
that
wondrous
woman
is
full
of
guiding
light
;
and
the
key
of
the
many
mysteries
lies
in
that
most
wondrous
Jewel
which
she
held
in
her
dead
hand
over
the
dead
heart
,
which
she
hoped
and
believed
would
beat
again
in
a
newer
and
nobler
world
!
"
There
are
only
loose
ends
now
to
consider
.
Margaret
has
given
us
the
true
inwardness
of
the
feeling
of
the
other
Queen
!
"
He
looked
at
her
fondly
,
and
stroked
her
hand
as
he
said
it
.
"
For
my
own
part
I
sincerely
hope
she
is
right
;
for
in
such
case
it
will
be
a
joy
,
I
am
sure
,
to
all
of
us
to
assist
at
such
a
realisation
of
hope
.
But
we
must
not
go
too
fast
,
or
believe
too
much
in
our
present
state
of
knowledge
.
The
voice
that
we
hearken
for
comes
out
of
times
strangely
other
than
our
own
;
when
human
life
counted
for
little
,
and
when
the
morality
of
the
time
made
little
account
of
the
removing
of
obstacles
in
the
way
to
achievement
of
desire
.
We
must
keep
our
eyes
fixed
on
the
scientific
side
,
and
wait
for
the
developments
on
the
psychic
side
.
"
Now
,
as
to
this
stone
box
,
which
we
call
the
Magic
Coffer
.
As
I
have
said
,
I
am
convinced
that
it
opens
only
in
obedience
to
some
principle
of
light
,
or
the
exercise
of
some
of
its
forces
at
present
unknown
to
us
.
There
is
here
much
ground
for
conjecture
and
for
experiment
;
for
as
yet
the
scientists
have
not
thoroughly
differentiated
the
kinds
,
and
powers
,
and
degrees
of
light
.
Without
analysing
various
rays
we
may
,
I
think
,
take
it
for
granted
that
there
are
different
qualities
and
powers
of
light
;
and
this
great
field
of
scientific
investigation
is
almost
virgin
soil
.
We
know
as
yet
so
little
of
natural
forces
,
that
imagination
need
set
no
bounds
to
its
flights
in
considering
the
possibilities
of
the
future
.
Within
but
a
few
years
we
have
made
such
discoveries
as
two
centuries
ago
would
have
sent
the
discoverer
's
to
the
flames
.
The
liquefaction
of
oxygen
;
the
existence
of
radium
,
of
helium
,
of
polonium
,
of
argon
;
the
different
powers
of
Roentgen
and
Cathode
and
Bequerel
rays
.
And
as
we
may
finally
prove
that
there
are
different
kinds
and
qualities
of
light
,
so
we
may
find
that
combustion
may
have
its
own
powers
of
differentiation
;
that
there
are
qualities
in
some
flames
non-existent
in
others
.
It
may
be
that
some
of
the
essential
conditions
of
substance
are
continuous
,
even
in
the
destruction
of
their
bases
.
Last
night
I
was
thinking
of
this
,
and
reasoning
that
as
there
are
certain
qualities
in
some
oils
which
are
not
in
others
,
so
there
may
be
certain
similar
or
corresponding
qualities
or
powers
in
the
combinations
of
each
.
I
suppose
we
have
all
noticed
some
time
or
other
that
the
light
of
colza
oil
is
not
quite
the
same
as
that
of
paraffin
,
or
that
the
flames
of
coal
gas
and
whale
oil
are
different
.
They
find
it
so
in
the
light-houses
!
All
at
once
it
occurred
to
me
that
there
might
be
some
special
virtue
in
the
oil
which
had
been
found
in
the
jars
when
Queen
Tera
's
tomb
was
opened
.
These
had
not
been
used
to
preserve
the
intestines
as
usual
,
so
they
must
have
been
placed
there
for
some
other
purpose
.
I
remembered
that
in
Van
Huyn
's
narrative
he
had
commented
on
the
way
the
jars
were
sealed
.
This
was
lightly
,
though
effectually
;
they
could
be
opened
without
force
.
The
jars
were
themselves
preserved
in
a
sarcophagus
which
,
though
of
immense
strength
and
hermetically
sealed
,
could
be
opened
easily
.
Accordingly
,
I
went
at
once
to
examine
the
jars
.
A
little
--
a
very
little
of
the
oil
still
remained
,
but
it
had
grown
thick
in
the
two
and
a
half
centuries
in
which
the
jars
had
been
open
.
Still
,
it
was
not
rancid
;
and
on
examining
it
I
found
it
was
cedar
oil
,
and
that
it
still
exhaled
something
of
its
original
aroma
.
This
gave
me
the
idea
that
it
was
to
be
used
to
fill
the
lamps
.
Whoever
had
placed
the
oil
in
the
jars
,
and
the
jars
in
the
sarcophagus
,
knew
that
there
might
be
shrinkage
in
process
of
time
,
even
in
vases
of
alabaster
,
and
fully
allowed
for
it
;
for
each
of
the
jars
would
have
filled
the
lamps
half
a
dozen
times
.
With
part
of
the
oil
remaining
I
made
some
experiments
,
therefore
,
which
may
give
useful
results
.
You
know
,
Doctor
,
that
cedar
oil
,
which
was
much
used
in
the
preparation
and
ceremonials
of
the
Egyptian
dead
,
has
a
certain
refractive
power
which
we
do
not
find
in
other
oils
.
For
instance
,
we
use
it
on
the
lenses
of
our
microscopes
to
give
additional
clearness
of
vision
.
Last
night
I
put
some
in
one
of
the
lamps
,
and
placed
it
near
a
translucent
part
of
the
Magic
Coffer
The
effect
was
very
great
;
the
glow
of
light
within
was
fuller
and
more
intense
than
I
could
have
imagined
,
where
an
electric
light
similarly
placed
had
little
,
if
any
,
effect
.
I
should
have
tried
others
of
the
seven
lamps
,
but
that
my
supply
of
oil
ran
out
.
This
,
however
,
is
on
the
road
to
rectification
.
I
have
sent
for
more
cedar
oil
,
and
expect
to
have
before
long
an
ample
supply
.
Whatever
may
happen
from
other
causes
,
our
experiment
shall
not
,
at
all
events
,
fail
from
this
.
We
shall
see
!
We
shall
see
!
"
Doctor
Winchester
had
evidently
been
following
the
logical
process
of
the
other
's
mind
,
for
his
comment
was
:
"
I
do
hope
that
when
the
light
is
effective
in
opening
the
box
,
the
mechanism
will
not
be
impaired
or
destroyed
.
"
His
doubt
as
to
this
gave
anxious
thought
to
some
of
us
.
In
the
evening
Mr.
Trelawny
took
again
the
whole
party
into
the
study
.
When
we
were
all
attention
he
began
to
unfold
his
plans
:
