Chapter 1

           Mysteryattractsmystery. Eversincethewideappearanceofmynameasaperformerofunexplainedfeats, Ihaveencounteredstrangenarrativesandevents whichmycallinghasledpeopletolinkwithmyinterestsandactivities. Someofthesehavebeentrivialandirrelevant, somedeeplydramaticandabsorbing, someproductiveofweirdandperilousexperiences andsomeinvolvingmeinextensivescientificandhistoricalresearch. ManyofthesemattersIhavetoldandshallcontinuetotellveryfreely; butthereisoneofwhichIspeakwithgreatreluctance, andwhichIamnowrelatingonlyafterasessionofgrillingpersuasionfromthepublishersofthismagazine, whohadheardvaguerumorsofitfromothermembersofmyfamily. 

           Thehithertoguardedsubjectpertainstomynon-professionalvisittoEgyptfourteenyearsago, andhasbeenavoidedbymeforseveralreasons. Foronething,Iamaversetoexploitingcertainunmistakablyactualfactsandconditions obviouslyunknowntothemyriadtouristswhothrongaboutthepyramidsandapparentlysecretedwithmuchdiligencebytheauthoritiesatCairo,whocannotbewhollyignorantofthem. Foranotherthing,Idisliketorecountanincidentinwhichmyownfantasticimaginationmusthaveplayedsogreatapart. WhatIsaworthoughtIsawcertainlydidnottakeplace; butisrathertobeviewedasaresultofmythenrecentreadingsinEgyptology, andofthespeculationsanentthisthemewhichmyenvironmentnaturallyprompted. 

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