"Don Pedro states that the mummy belongs to him, and I assert that I have bought it.

We shall make you umpire.

He wants it: I want it.

What is to be done ?" "The mummy is my own flesh and blood, Mr.Hope," said Don Pedro.
"Precious little of either about it," said Braddock contemptuously.
Archie twisted a chair round and straddled his long legs across it, with his arms resting on its back.

His quick brain had rapidly comprehended the situation, and, being acquainted with both sides of the question, it was not difficult to come to a decision.