Проклятие мумии, или Камень Семи Звезд

Chapter 10

           Istayedtilllateintheafternoon,bywhichtimeIhadfailedtomakeoutarighttheentryofanytomb,forIsuspectedthatsuchwasthepurposeofthesculptureoftherock.Bythistimethemenwererebellious;andIhadtoleavethevalleyifIdidnotwishmywholeretinuetodesert.ButIsecretlymadeupmymindtodiscoverthetomb,andexploreit.TothisendIwentfurtherintothemountains,whereImetwithanArabSheikwhowaswillingtotakeservicewithme.TheArabswerenotboundbythesamesuperstitiousfearsastheEgyptians;SheikAbuSomeandhisfollowingwerewillingtotakeapartintheexplorations.

           "WhenIreturnedtothevalleywiththeseBedouins,Imadeefforttoclimbthefaceoftherock,butfailed,itbeingofoneimpenetrablesmoothness.Thestone,generallyflatandsmoothbynature,hadbeenchiselledtocompleteness.Thattherehadbeenprojectingstepswasmanifest,forthereremained,untouchedbythewondrousclimateofthatstrangeland,themarksofsawandchiselandmalletwherethestepshadbeencutorbrokenaway.

           "Beingthusbaffledofwinningthetombfrombelow,andbeingunprovidedwithladderstoscale,Ifoundawaybymuchcircuitousjourneyingtothetopofthecliff.ThenceIcausedmyselftobeloweredbyropes,tillIhadinvestigatedthatportionoftherockfacewhereinIexpectedtofindtheopening.Ifoundthattherewasanentrance,closedhoweverbyagreatstoneslab.Thiswascutintherockmorethanahundredfeetup,beingtwo-thirdstheheightofthecliff.

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