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"
That
night
I
was
in
certain
fear
lest
there
should
be
some
violence
done
to
me
;
for
if
the
poor
dead
hand
was
so
valued
as
a
charm
,
what
must
be
the
worth
in
such
wise
of
the
rare
Jewel
which
it
had
guarded
.
Though
only
the
chief
knew
of
it
,
my
doubt
was
perhaps
even
greater
;
for
he
could
so
order
matters
as
to
have
me
at
his
mercy
when
he
would
.
I
guarded
myself
,
therefore
,
with
wakefulness
so
well
as
I
could
,
determined
that
at
my
earliest
opportunity
I
should
leave
this
party
,
and
complete
my
journeying
home
,
first
to
the
Nile
bank
,
and
then
down
its
course
to
Alexandria
;
with
other
guides
who
knew
not
what
strange
matters
I
had
with
me
.
"
At
last
there
came
over
me
a
disposition
of
sleep
,
so
potent
that
I
felt
it
would
be
resistless
.
Fearing
attack
,
or
that
being
searched
in
my
sleep
the
Bedouin
might
find
the
Star
Jewel
which
he
had
seen
me
place
with
others
in
my
dress
,
I
took
it
out
unobserved
and
held
it
in
my
hand
.
It
seemed
to
give
back
the
light
of
the
flickering
fire
and
the
light
of
the
stars
--
for
there
was
no
moon
--
with
equal
fidelity
;
and
I
could
note
that
on
its
reverse
it
was
graven
deeply
with
certain
signs
such
as
I
had
seen
in
the
tomb
.
As
I
sank
into
the
unconsciousness
of
sleep
,
the
graven
Star
Jewel
was
hidden
in
the
hollow
of
my
clenched
hand
.
"
I
waked
out
of
sleep
with
the
light
of
the
morning
sun
on
my
face
.
I
sat
up
and
looked
around
me
.
The
fire
was
out
,
and
the
camp
was
desolate
;
save
for
one
figure
which
lay
prone
close
to
me
.
It
was
that
of
the
Arab
chief
,
who
lay
on
his
back
,
dead
.
His
face
was
almost
black
;
and
his
eyes
were
open
,
and
staring
horribly
up
at
the
sky
,
as
though
he
saw
there
some
dreadful
vision
.
He
had
evidently
been
strangled
;
for
on
looking
,
I
found
on
his
throat
the
red
marks
where
fingers
had
pressed
.
There
seemed
so
many
of
these
marks
that
I
counted
them
.
There
were
seven
;
and
all
parallel
,
except
the
thumb
mark
,
as
though
made
with
one
hand
.
This
thrilled
me
as
I
thought
of
the
mummy
hand
with
the
seven
fingers
.
"
Even
there
,
in
the
open
desert
,
it
seemed
as
if
there
could
be
enchantments
!
"
In
my
surprise
,
as
I
bent
over
him
,
I
opened
my
right
hand
,
which
up
to
now
I
had
held
shut
with
the
feeling
,
instinctive
even
in
sleep
,
of
keeping
safe
that
which
it
held
.
As
I
did
so
,
the
Star
Jewel
held
there
fell
out
and
struck
the
dead
man
on
the
mouth
.
Mirabile
dictu
there
came
forth
at
once
from
the
dead
mouth
a
great
gush
of
blood
,
in
which
the
red
jewel
was
for
the
moment
lost
.
I
turned
the
dead
man
over
to
look
for
it
,
and
found
that
he
lay
with
his
right
hand
bent
under
him
as
though
he
had
fallen
on
it
;
and
in
it
he
held
a
great
knife
,
keen
of
point
and
edge
,
such
as
Arabs
carry
at
the
belt
.
It
may
have
been
that
he
was
about
to
murder
me
when
vengeance
came
on
him
,
whether
from
man
or
God
,
or
the
Gods
of
Old
,
I
know
not
.
Suffice
it
,
that
when
I
found
my
Ruby
Jewel
,
which
shone
up
as
a
living
star
from
the
mess
of
blood
wherein
it
lay
,
I
paused
not
,
but
fled
from
the
place
.
I
journeyed
on
alone
through
the
hot
desert
,
till
,
by
God
's
grace
,
I
came
upon
an
Arab
tribe
camping
by
a
well
,
who
gave
me
salt
.
With
them
I
rested
till
they
had
set
me
on
my
way
.
"
I
know
not
what
became
of
the
mummy
hand
,
or
of
those
who
had
it
.
What
strife
,
or
suspicion
,
or
disaster
,
or
greed
went
with
it
I
know
not
;
but
some
such
cause
there
must
have
been
,
since
those
who
had
it
fled
with
it
.
It
doubtless
is
used
as
a
charm
of
potence
by
some
desert
tribe
.
"
At
the
earliest
opportunity
I
made
examination
of
the
Star
Ruby
,
as
I
wished
to
try
to
understand
what
was
graven
on
it
.
The
symbols
--
whose
meaning
,
however
,
I
could
not
understand
--
were
as
follows
...
"
Twice
,
whilst
I
had
been
reading
this
engrossing
narrative
,
I
had
thought
that
I
had
seen
across
the
page
streaks
of
shade
,
which
the
weirdness
of
the
subject
had
made
to
seem
like
the
shadow
of
a
hand
.
On
the
first
of
these
occasions
I
found
that
the
illusion
came
from
the
fringe
of
green
silk
around
the
lamp
;
but
on
the
second
I
had
looked
up
,
and
my
eyes
had
lit
on
the
mummy
hand
across
the
room
on
which
the
starlight
was
falling
under
the
edge
of
the
blind
.
It
was
of
little
wonder
that
I
had
connected
it
with
such
a
narrative
;
for
if
my
eyes
told
me
truly
,
here
,
in
this
room
with
me
,
was
the
very
hand
of
which
the
traveller
Van
Huyn
had
written
.
I
looked
over
at
the
bed
;
and
it
comforted
me
to
think
that
the
Nurse
still
sat
there
,
calm
and
wakeful
.
At
such
a
time
,
with
such
surrounds
,
during
such
a
narrative
,
it
was
well
to
have
assurance
of
the
presence
of
some
living
person
.
