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I
wondered
if
in
the
case
of
Mr.
Trelawny
and
Mr.
Corbeck
,
who
had
already
been
under
the
hypnotic
influence
of
the
Queen
,
the
same
dormance
was
manifesting
itself
.
Doctor
Winchester
had
periods
of
distraction
which
grew
longer
and
more
frequent
as
the
time
wore
on
.
As
to
Margaret
,
the
suspense
told
on
her
exceedingly
,
as
might
have
been
expected
in
the
case
of
a
woman
.
She
grew
paler
and
paler
still
;
till
at
last
about
midnight
,
I
began
to
be
seriously
alarmed
about
her
.
I
got
her
to
come
into
the
library
with
me
,
and
tried
to
make
her
lie
down
on
a
sofa
for
a
little
while
.
As
Mr.
Trelawny
had
decided
that
the
experiment
was
to
be
made
exactly
at
the
seventh
hour
after
sunset
,
it
would
be
as
nearly
as
possible
three
o'clock
in
the
morning
when
the
great
trial
should
be
made
.
Even
allowing
a
whole
hour
for
the
final
preparations
,
we
had
still
two
hours
of
waiting
to
go
through
,
and
I
promised
faithfully
to
watch
her
and
to
awake
her
at
any
time
she
might
name
.
She
would
not
hear
of
it
,
however
.
She
thanked
me
sweetly
and
smiled
at
me
as
she
did
so
;
but
she
assured
me
that
she
was
not
sleepy
,
and
that
she
was
quite
able
to
bear
up
.
That
it
was
only
the
suspense
and
excitement
of
waiting
that
made
her
pale
.
I
agreed
perforce
;
but
I
kept
her
talking
of
many
things
in
the
library
for
more
than
an
hour
;
so
that
at
last
,
when
she
insisted
on
going
back
to
her
father
's
room
I
felt
that
I
had
at
least
done
something
to
help
her
pass
the
time
.
We
found
the
three
men
sitting
patiently
in
silence
.
With
manlike
fortitude
they
were
content
to
be
still
when
they
felt
they
had
done
all
in
their
power
.
And
so
we
waited
.
The
striking
of
two
o'clock
seemed
to
freshen
us
all
up
.
Whatever
shadows
had
been
settling
over
us
during
the
long
hours
preceding
seemed
to
lift
at
once
;
and
we
went
about
our
separate
duties
alert
and
with
alacrity
.
We
looked
first
to
the
windows
to
see
that
they
were
closed
,
and
we
got
ready
our
respirators
to
put
them
on
when
the
time
should
be
close
at
hand
.
We
had
from
the
first
arranged
to
use
them
for
we
did
not
know
whether
some
noxious
fume
might
not
come
from
the
magic
coffer
when
it
should
be
opened
.
Somehow
,
it
never
seemed
to
occur
to
any
of
us
that
there
was
any
doubt
as
to
its
opening
.
Then
,
under
Margaret
's
guidance
,
we
carried
the
mummied
body
of
Queen
Tera
from
her
room
into
her
father
's
,
and
laid
it
on
a
couch
.
We
put
the
sheet
lightly
over
it
,
so
that
if
she
should
wake
she
could
at
once
slip
from
under
it
.
The
severed
hand
was
placed
in
its
true
position
on
her
breast
,
and
under
it
the
Jewel
of
Seven
Stars
which
Mr.
Trelawny
had
taken
from
the
great
safe
.
It
seemed
to
flash
and
blaze
as
he
put
it
in
its
place
.
It
was
a
strange
sight
,
and
a
strange
experience
.
The
group
of
grave
silent
men
carried
the
white
still
figure
,
which
looked
like
an
ivory
statue
when
through
our
moving
the
sheet
fell
back
,
away
from
the
lighted
candles
and
the
white
flowers
.
We
placed
it
on
the
couch
in
that
other
room
,
where
the
blaze
of
the
electric
lights
shone
on
the
great
sarcophagus
fixed
in
the
middle
of
the
room
ready
for
the
final
experiment
,
the
great
experiment
consequent
on
the
researches
during
a
lifetime
of
these
two
travelled
scholars
.
Again
,
the
startling
likeness
between
Margaret
and
the
mummy
,
intensified
by
her
own
extraordinary
pallor
,
heightened
the
strangeness
of
it
all
.
When
all
was
finally
fixed
three-quarters
of
an
hour
had
gone
,
for
we
were
deliberate
in
all
our
doings
.
Margaret
beckoned
me
,
and
I
went
out
with
her
to
bring
in
Silvio
.
He
came
to
her
purring
.
She
took
him
up
and
handed
him
to
me
;
and
then
did
a
thing
which
moved
me
strangely
and
brought
home
to
me
keenly
the
desperate
nature
of
the
enterprise
on
which
we
were
embarked
.
One
by
one
,
she
blew
out
the
candles
carefully
and
placed
them
back
in
their
usual
places
.
When
she
had
finished
she
said
to
me
:
"
They
are
done
with
now
.
Whatever
comes
--
life
or
death
--
there
will
be
no
purpose
in
their
using
now
.
"
Then
taking
Silvio
into
her
arms
,
and
pressing
him
close
to
her
bosom
where
he
purred
loudly
,
we
went
back
to
the
room
.
I
closed
the
door
carefully
behind
me
,
feeling
as
I
did
so
a
strange
thrill
as
of
finality
.
There
was
to
be
no
going
back
now
.
Then
we
put
on
our
respirators
,
and
took
our
places
as
had
been
arranged
.
I
was
to
stand
by
the
taps
of
the
electric
lights
beside
the
door
,
ready
to
turn
them
off
or
on
as
Mr.
Trelawny
should
direct
.
Doctor
Winchester
was
to
stand
behind
the
couch
so
that
he
should
not
be
between
the
mummy
and
the
sarcophagus
;
he
was
to
watch
carefully
what
should
take
place
with
regard
to
the
Queen
.
Margaret
was
to
be
beside
him
;
she
held
Silvio
ready
to
place
him
upon
the
couch
or
beside
it
when
she
might
think
right
.
Mr.
Trelawny
and
Mr.
Corbeck
were
to
attend
to
the
lighting
of
the
lamps
.
When
the
hands
of
the
clock
were
close
to
the
hour
,
they
stood
ready
with
their
linstocks
.
