Still, this mysterious woman was connected in some way with the murder, else she would not have been speaking to Sidney." "I don't follow you, my dear.

You talk as though poor Mr.Bolton expected to be murdered.

For my part, I hold by the verdict of wilful murder against some person or persons unknown.

The truth is to be found, if anywhere, in the past of the mummy." "We can discover nothing about that." "You forget what Don Pedro said, my dear," remarked Mrs.Jasher hastily, "that the mummy had been stolen from his father.

Let us hear what he has to say and we may find a clue.