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A DISCOVERY.
Three days went by, and Professor Braddock still remained absent in London, although an occasional letter to Lucy requested such and such an article from the museum to be forwarded, sometimes by post and on other occasions by Cockatoo, who traveled up to town especially.

The Kanaka always returned with the news that his master was looking well, but brought no word of the Professor's return.

Lucy was not surprised, as she was accustomed to Braddock's vagaries.
Meanwhile Don Pedro, comfortably established at the Warrior Inn, wandered about Gartley in his dignified way, taking very little interest in the village, but a great deal in the Pyramids.

As the Professor was absent, Lucy could not ask him to dinner, but she did invite him and Donna Inez to afternoon tea.