When we remonstrated with the Sheik, he answered that he had fulfilled his contract to the letter; he had waited the three days as arranged.

I thought that he was lying to cover up his base intention of deserting us; and I found when we compared notes that Trelawny had the same suspicion.

It was not till we arrived at Cairo that we found he was correct.

It was the 3rd of November 1884 when we entered the Mummy Pit for the second time; we had reason to remember the date.
"We had lost three whole days of our reckoning--out of our lives--whilst we had stood wondering in that chamber of the dead.

Was it strange, then, that we had a superstitious feeling with regard to the dead Queen Tera and all belonging to her?
Is it any wonder that it rests with us now, with a bewildering sense of some power outside ourselves or our comprehension?
Will it be any wonder if it go down to the grave with us at the appointed time?
If, indeed, there be any graves for us who have robbed the dead!" He was silent for quite a minute before he went on: "We got to Cairo all right, and from there to Alexandria, where we were to take ship by the Messagerie service to Marseilles, and go thence by express to London.