The mummy came thirty years ago from Lima to Paris.

It passed twenty years back into the possession of the Maltese collector, and his son sold it to me a few months ago.

I never heard of any manuscript." "Then Mr.Hope did not repeat to you what I told him the other night ?" The Professor sat down and his mouth grew obstinate.
"Mr.Hope related some story you told him and others about this mummy having been stolen from you." "From my father," corrected the unsmiling Peruvian; keeping a careful eye on his host; "that is really the case.

Inca Caxas is, or was, my ancestor, and this manuscript"-- Don Pedro produced the same from his inner pocket--"details the funeral ceremonies." "Very interesting; most interesting," fussed Braddock, stretching out his hand.

"May I see it ?" "You read Latin," observed Don Pedro, surrendering the manuscript.
Braddock raised his eyebrows.
"Of course," he said simply, "every well-educated man reads Latin, or should do so.