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"
I
knew
well
that
such
a
figure
was
not
wrought
to
pleasantry
;
and
that
to
brave
it
was
no
child
's
play
.
The
dead
Arab
at
my
feet
was
proof
of
what
could
be
done
!
So
I
examined
again
along
the
wall
;
and
found
here
and
there
chippings
as
if
someone
had
been
tapping
with
a
heavy
hammer
.
This
then
had
been
what
happened
:
The
grave-robber
,
more
expert
at
his
work
than
we
had
been
,
and
suspecting
the
presence
of
a
hidden
serdab
,
had
made
essay
to
find
it
.
He
had
struck
the
spring
by
chance
;
had
released
the
avenging
'
Treasurer
'
,
as
the
Arabian
writer
designated
him
.
The
issue
spoke
for
itself
.
I
got
a
piece
of
wood
,
and
,
standing
at
a
safe
distance
,
pressed
with
the
end
of
it
upon
the
star
.
"
Instantly
the
stone
flew
back
.
The
hidden
figure
within
darted
forward
and
thrust
out
its
lance
.
Then
it
rose
up
and
disappeared
.
I
thought
I
might
now
safely
press
on
the
seven
stars
;
and
did
so
.
Again
the
stone
rolled
back
;
and
the
'
Treasurer
'
flashed
by
to
his
hidden
lair
.
"
I
repeated
both
experiments
several
times
;
with
always
the
same
result
.
I
should
have
liked
to
examine
the
mechanism
of
that
figure
of
such
malignant
mobility
;
but
it
was
not
possible
without
such
tools
as
could
not
easily
be
had
.
It
might
be
necessary
to
cut
into
a
whole
section
of
the
rock
.
Some
day
I
hope
to
go
back
,
properly
equipped
,
and
attempt
it
.
"
Perhaps
you
do
not
know
that
the
entrance
to
a
serdab
is
almost
always
very
narrow
;
sometimes
a
hand
can
hardly
be
inserted
.
Two
things
I
learned
from
this
serdab
.
The
first
was
that
the
lamps
,
if
lamps
at
all
there
had
been
,
could
not
have
been
of
large
size
;
and
secondly
,
that
they
would
be
in
some
way
associated
with
Hathor
,
whose
symbol
,
the
hawk
in
a
square
with
the
right
top
corner
forming
a
smaller
square
,
was
cut
in
relief
on
the
wall
within
,
and
coloured
the
bright
vermilion
which
we
had
found
on
the
Stele
.
Hathor
is
the
goddess
who
in
Egyptian
mythology
answers
to
Venus
of
the
Greeks
,
in
as
far
as
she
is
the
presiding
deity
of
beauty
and
pleasure
.
In
the
Egyptian
mythology
,
however
,
each
God
has
many
forms
;
and
in
some
aspects
Hathor
has
to
do
with
the
idea
of
resurrection
.
There
are
seven
forms
or
variants
of
the
Goddess
;
why
should
not
these
correspond
in
some
way
to
the
seven
lamps
!
That
there
had
been
such
lamps
,
I
was
convinced
.
The
first
grave-robber
had
met
his
death
;
the
second
had
found
the
contents
of
the
serdab
.
The
first
attempt
had
been
made
years
since
;
the
state
of
the
body
proved
this
.
I
had
no
clue
to
the
second
attempt
.
It
might
have
been
long
ago
;
or
it
might
have
been
recently
.
If
,
however
,
others
had
been
to
the
tomb
,
it
was
probable
that
the
lamps
had
been
taken
long
ago
.
Well
!
all
the
more
difficult
would
be
my
search
;
for
undertaken
it
must
be
!
"
That
was
nearly
three
years
ago
;
and
for
all
that
time
I
have
been
like
the
man
in
the
Arabian
Nights
,
seeking
old
lamps
,
not
for
new
,
but
for
cash
.
I
dared
not
say
what
I
was
looking
for
,
or
attempt
to
give
any
description
;
for
such
would
have
defeated
my
purpose
.
But
I
had
in
my
own
mind
at
the
start
a
vague
idea
of
what
I
must
find
.
In
process
of
time
this
grew
more
and
more
clear
;
till
at
last
I
almost
overshot
my
mark
by
searching
for
something
which
might
have
been
wrong
.
"
The
disappointments
I
suffered
,
and
the
wild-goose
chases
I
made
,
would
fill
a
volume
;
but
I
persevered
.
At
last
,
not
two
months
ago
,
I
was
shown
by
an
old
dealer
in
Mossul
one
lamp
such
as
I
had
looked
for
.
I
had
been
tracing
it
for
nearly
a
year
,
always
suffering
disappointment
,
but
always
buoyed
up
to
further
endeavour
by
a
growing
hope
that
I
was
on
the
track
.
"
I
do
not
know
how
I
restrained
myself
when
I
realised
that
,
at
last
,
I
was
at
least
close
to
success
.
I
was
skilled
,
however
,
in
the
finesse
of
Eastern
trade
;
and
the
Jew-Arab-Portugee
trader
met
his
match
.
I
wanted
to
see
all
his
stock
before
buying
;
and
one
by
one
he
produced
,
amongst
masses
of
rubbish
,
seven
different
lamps
.
Each
of
them
had
a
distinguishing
mark
;
and
each
and
all
was
some
form
of
the
symbol
of
Hathor
.
I
think
I
shook
the
imperturbability
of
my
swarthy
friend
by
the
magnitude
of
my
purchases
;
for
in
order
to
prevent
him
guessing
what
form
of
goods
I
sought
,
I
nearly
cleared
out
his
shop
.
At
the
end
he
nearly
wept
,
and
said
I
had
ruined
him
;
for
now
he
had
nothing
to
sell
.
He
would
have
torn
his
hair
had
he
known
what
price
I
should
ultimately
have
given
for
some
of
his
stock
,
that
perhaps
he
valued
least
.
"
I
parted
with
most
of
my
merchandise
at
normal
price
as
I
hurried
home
.
I
did
not
dare
to
give
it
away
,
or
even
lose
it
,
lest
I
should
incur
suspicion
.
My
burden
was
far
too
precious
to
be
risked
by
any
foolishness
now
.
I
got
on
as
fast
as
it
is
possible
to
travel
in
such
countries
;
and
arrived
in
London
with
only
the
lamps
and
certain
portable
curios
and
papyri
which
I
had
picked
up
on
my
travels
.
