[The Golden Fleece by Julian Hawthorne]@TWC D-Link bookThe Golden Fleece CHAPTER VIII 1/15
As it was still some hours before dawn, and Freeman was too weak to travel, it was decided to encamp beside the pyramid till the following evening, and then make the trip across the desert in the comparative coolness of starlight.
Meanwhile, there was something to be done, and much to be explained. The spirit of Kamaiakan had passed away, apparently at the same moment that the peculiar case of "possession" under which Miriam had suffered came to an end.
They determined to bury him at the foot of the great pyramid, which would form a fitting monument of his antique character and virtues. Miriam, after her struggle, had lapsed into a state of partial lethargy, from which she was aroused gradually.
It was then found that she could give no account what ever of how or why she came there.
The last thing she distinctly remembered was standing on the veranda at the ranch and looking towards the east.
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