As it is, I am a poor gentleman with very little money.

That," added Don Pedro with emphasis, "is why I wish to recover the mummy of my great ancestor." "Is it then so valuable ?" asked Archie suddenly.

He was thinking of some reason why the mummy should have been stolen.
"Well, in itself it is of no great value, save to an archaeologist," was Don Pedro's reply; "but I had better tell you the story of how it was stolen from my father." "Go on, go on," cried Mrs.Jasher.

"This is most interesting." Don Pedro plunged into his story without further preamble.
"Inca Caxas held his state amidst the solitudes of the Andes, away from the cruel men who had conquered his country.

He died and was buried.
This manuscript,"-- he touched his pocket--"was written by his son, and details the ceremonies, the place of sepulchre, and also gives a list of the jewels with which the mummy was buried." "Jewels," murmured Hope under his breath.