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The Story of the Amulet

CHAPTER 12
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First, the wonderful dreams I used to have, after you'd shown me the first half of it! Why, my book on Atlantis, that I did, was the beginning of my fame and my fortune, too.
And I got it all out of a dream! And then, "Britain at the Time of the Roman Invasion"-- that was only a pamphlet, but it explained a lot of things people hadn't understood.' 'Yes,' said Anthea, 'it would.' 'That was the beginning.

But after you'd given me the whole of the Amulet--ah, it was generous of you!--then, somehow, I didn't need to theorize, I seemed to KNOW about the old Egyptian civilization.

And they can't upset my theories'-- he rubbed his thin hands and laughed triumphantly--'they can't, though they've tried.

Theories, they call them, but they're more like--I don't know--more like memories.

I KNOW I'm right about the secret rites of the Temple of Amen.' 'I'm so glad you're rich,' said Anthea.


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