"Can't you use your eyes?
Look! The green mummy is in your arbor." "The--green--mummy--in--my--arbor," repeated Mrs.Jasher, like a child learning words of one syllable, and staring at the black object before which the three were standing.
"As you see," said Archie abruptly.

"How did it come here ?" He spoke harshly.

Of course, it was absurd to accuse Mrs.Jasher of knowing anything about the matter, since she had been writing letters.
Still, the fact remained that a mummy, which had been thieved from a murdered man, was in her arbor, and naturally she was called upon to explain.
Some suspicion in his tone struck the little woman, and she turned on him with indignation.
"How did it come here ?" she repeated.

"Now, how can I tell, you silly boy.

I have been writing to my lawyer about my engagement to Mr.
Braddock.