Проклятие мумии, или Камень Семи Звезд

           AllheraspirationswerefortheNorth,thepointofthecompasswhenceblewthecoolinvigoratingbreezesthatmakelifeajoy.Fromthefirst,hereyesseemtohavebeenattractedtothesevenstarsofthePloughfromthefact,asrecordedinthehieroglyphicsinhertomb,thatatherbirthagreataerolitefell,fromwhoseheartwasfinallyextractedthatJewelofSevenStarswhichsheregardedasthetalismanofherlife.Itseemstohavesofarruledherdestinythatallherthoughtandcarecircledroundit.TheMagicCoffer,sowondrouslywroughtwithsevensides,welearnfromthesamesource,camefromtheaerolite.Sevenwastoheramagicnumber;andnowonder.Withsevenfingersononehand,andseventoesononefoot.Withatalismanofararerubywithsevenstarsinthesamepositionasinthatconstellationwhichruledherbirth,eachstarofthesevenhavingsevenpoints—initselfageologicalwonder—itwouldhavebeenoddifshehadnotbeenattractedbyit.Again,shewasborn,welearnintheSteleofhertomb,intheseventhmonthoftheyear—themonthbeginningwiththeInundationoftheNile.OfwhichmonththepresidingGoddesswasHathor,theGoddessofherownhouse,oftheAntefsoftheThebanline—theGoddesswhoinvariousformssymbolisesbeauty,andpleasure,andresurrection.Again,inthisseventhmonth—which,bylaterEgyptianastronomybeganonOctober28th,andrantothe27thofourNovember—ontheseventhdaythePointerofthePloughjustrisesabovethehorizonoftheskyatThebes.