He had been several times to Egypt, sometimes with me and sometimes alone; and I had been several trips, on my own account or for him.

But in all that time, nearly sixteen years, he never mentioned the subject, unless when some pressing occasion suggested, if it did not necessitate, a reference.
"One morning early he sent for me in a hurry; I was then studying in the British Museum, and had rooms in Hart Street.

When I came, he was all on fire with excitement.

I had not seen him in such a glow since before the news of his wife's death.

He took me at once into his room.
The window blinds were down and the shutters closed; not a ray of daylight came in.