Come, in this house it must be, and to find it is our task.

Every one is asleep; take off thy shoes and let us search." She took off her own shoes as she spoke, and he saw the man do the same.
Then, as the man opened the door and they passed out of the study, the picture vanished from the mirror.
Amazement at what he had seen and heard--the disappearance of the Mummy, the presence of the man and woman, evidently charged with what they believed to be the sacred mission of stealing it back again, and their evident purpose of searching the house for it--instantly gave place to a quick thrill of fear.
His daughter's bedroom was on the same floor as the study, only a couple of doors away round the corner of the landing.

These people would search every room.

What if she had not locked her door securely, or if they had some means of opening it?
She was the living image of the dead Nitocris.

He did not dare to think of what might happen to her.