Проклятие мумии, или Камень Семи Звезд

           "Inthestatementitwasplainlysetforththatthehatredofthepriestswas,sheknew,storedupforher,andthattheywouldafterherdeathtrytosuppresshername.Thiswasaterriblerevenge,Imaytellyou,inEgyptianmythology;forwithoutanamenoonecanafterdeathbeintroducedtotheGods,orhaveprayerssaidforhim.Therefore,shehadintendedherresurrectiontobeafteralongtimeandinamorenorthernland,undertheconstellationwhosesevenstarshadruledherbirth.Tothisend,herhandwastobeintheair—’unwrapped’—andinittheJewelofSevenStars,sothatwherevertherewasairshemightmoveevenasherKacouldmove!This,afterthinkingitover,Mr.TrelawnyandIagreedmeantthatherbodycouldbecomeastralatcommand,andsomove,particlebyparticle,andbecomewholeagainwhenandwhererequired.ThentherewasapieceofwritinginwhichallusionwasmadetoachestorcasketinwhichwerecontainedalltheGods,andWill,andSleep,thetwolatterbeingpersonifiedbysymbols.Theboxwasmentionedaswithsevensides.Itwasnotmuchofasurprisetouswhen,underneaththefeetofthemummy,wefoundtheseven-sidedcasket,whichyouhavealsoseeninMr.Trelawny’sroom.Ontheunderneathpartofthewrapping—linenoftheleftfootwaspainted,inthesamevermilioncolourasthatusedintheStele,thehieroglyphicsymbolformuchwater,andunderneaththerightfootthesymboloftheearth.