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Secondly
:
the
disappearance
of
Van
Huyn
's
book
when
I
had
read
up
to
the
description
of
the
Star
Ruby
.
Thirdly
:
the
finding
of
the
lamps
in
the
boudoir
.
Tera
with
her
astral
body
could
have
unlocked
the
door
of
Corbeck
's
room
in
the
hotel
,
and
have
locked
it
again
after
her
exit
with
the
lamps
.
She
could
in
the
same
way
have
opened
the
window
,
and
put
the
lamps
in
the
boudoir
.
It
need
not
have
been
that
Margaret
in
her
own
person
should
have
had
any
hand
in
this
;
but
--
but
it
was
at
least
strange
.
Fourthly
:
here
the
suspicions
of
the
Detective
and
the
Doctor
came
back
to
me
with
renewed
force
,
and
with
a
larger
understanding
.
Fifthly
:
there
were
the
occasions
on
which
Margaret
foretold
with
accuracy
the
coming
occasions
of
quietude
,
as
though
she
had
some
conviction
or
knowledge
of
the
intentions
of
the
astral-bodied
Queen
.
Sixthly
:
there
was
her
suggestion
of
the
finding
of
the
Ruby
which
her
father
had
lost
.
As
I
thought
now
afresh
over
this
episode
in
the
light
of
suspicion
in
which
her
own
powers
were
involved
,
the
only
conclusion
I
could
come
to
was
--
always
supposing
that
the
theory
of
the
Queen
's
astral
power
was
correct
--
that
Queen
Tera
being
anxious
that
all
should
go
well
in
the
movement
from
London
to
Kyllion
had
in
her
own
way
taken
the
Jewel
from
Mr.
Trelawny
's
pocket-book
,
finding
it
of
some
use
in
her
supernatural
guardianship
of
the
journey
.
Then
in
some
mysterious
way
she
had
,
through
Margaret
,
made
the
suggestion
of
its
loss
and
finding
.
Seventhly
,
and
lastly
,
was
the
strange
dual
existence
which
Margaret
seemed
of
late
to
be
leading
;
and
which
in
some
way
seemed
a
consequence
or
corollary
of
all
that
had
gone
before
.
The
dual
existence
!
This
was
indeed
the
conclusion
which
overcame
all
difficulties
and
reconciled
opposites
.
If
indeed
Margaret
were
not
in
all
ways
a
free
agent
,
but
could
be
compelled
to
speak
or
act
as
she
might
be
instructed
;
or
if
her
whole
being
could
be
changed
for
another
without
the
possibility
of
any
one
noticing
the
doing
of
it
,
then
all
things
were
possible
.
All
would
depend
on
the
spirit
of
the
individuality
by
which
she
could
be
so
compelled
.
If
this
individuality
were
just
and
kind
and
clean
,
all
might
be
well
.
But
if
not
!
...
The
thought
was
too
awful
for
words
.
I
ground
my
teeth
with
futile
rage
,
as
the
ideas
of
horrible
possibilities
swept
through
me
.
Up
to
this
morning
Margaret
's
lapses
into
her
new
self
had
been
few
and
hardly
noticeable
,
save
when
once
or
twice
her
attitude
towards
myself
had
been
marked
by
a
bearing
strange
to
me
.
But
today
the
contrary
was
the
case
;
and
the
change
presaged
badly
.
It
might
be
that
that
other
individuality
was
of
the
lower
,
not
of
the
better
sort
!
Now
that
I
thought
of
it
I
had
reason
to
fear
.
In
the
history
of
the
mummy
,
from
the
time
of
Van
Huyn
's
breaking
into
the
tomb
,
the
record
of
deaths
that
we
knew
of
,
presumably
effected
by
her
will
and
agency
,
was
a
startling
one
.
The
Arab
who
had
stolen
the
hand
from
the
mummy
;
and
the
one
who
had
taken
it
from
his
body
.
The
Arab
chief
who
had
tried
to
steal
the
Jewel
from
Van
Huyn
,
and
whose
throat
bore
the
marks
of
seven
fingers
.
The
two
men
found
dead
on
the
first
night
of
Trelawny
's
taking
away
the
sarcophagus
;
and
the
three
on
the
return
to
the
tomb
.
The
Arab
who
had
opened
the
secret
serdab
.
Nine
dead
men
,
one
of
them
slain
manifestly
by
the
Queen
's
own
hand
!
And
beyond
this
again
the
several
savage
attacks
on
Mr.
Trelawny
in
his
own
room
,
in
which
,
aided
by
her
Familiar
,
she
had
tried
to
open
the
safe
and
to
extract
the
Talisman
jewel
.
His
device
of
fastening
the
key
to
his
wrist
by
a
steel
bangle
,
though
successful
in
the
end
,
had
wellnigh
cost
him
his
life
.
If
then
the
Queen
,
intent
on
her
resurrection
under
her
own
conditions
had
,
so
to
speak
,
waded
to
it
through
blood
,
what
might
she
not
do
were
her
purpose
thwarted
?
What
terrible
step
might
she
not
take
to
effect
her
wishes
?
Nay
,
what
were
her
wishes
;
what
was
her
ultimate
purpose
?
As
yet
we
had
had
only
Margaret
's
statement
of
them
,
given
in
all
the
glorious
enthusiasm
of
her
lofty
soul
.
In
her
record
there
was
no
expression
of
love
to
be
sought
or
found
.
All
we
knew
for
certain
was
that
she
had
set
before
her
the
object
of
resurrection
,
and
that
in
it
the
North
which
she
had
manifestly
loved
was
to
have
a
special
part
.
But
that
the
resurrection
was
to
be
accomplished
in
the
lonely
tomb
in
the
Valley
of
the
Sorcerer
was
apparent
.
All
preparations
had
been
carefully
made
for
accomplishment
from
within
,
and
for
her
ultimate
exit
in
her
new
and
living
form
.
The
sarcophagus
was
unlidded
.
The
oil
jars
,
though
hermetically
sealed
,
were
to
be
easily
opened
by
hand
;
and
in
them
provision
was
made
for
shrinkage
through
a
vast
period
of
time
.
Even
flint
and
steel
were
provided
for
the
production
of
flame
.
The
Mummy
Pit
was
left
open
in
violation
of
usage
;
and
beside
the
stone
door
on
the
cliff
side
was
fixed
an
imperishable
chain
by
which
she
might
in
safety
descend
to
earth
.
But
as
to
what
her
after
intentions
were
we
had
no
clue
.
If
it
was
that
she
meant
to
begin
life
again
as
a
humble
individual
,
there
was
something
so
noble
in
the
thought
that
it
even
warmed
my
heart
to
her
and
turned
my
wishes
to
her
success
.
