Проклятие мумии, или Камень Семи Звезд

           Itwasdoubtlessthisthatintensifiedthehatredofthepriesthood,andgavethemanacceptablecauseforobliteratingtheveryexistence,presentandfuture,ofonewhohadoutragetheirtheoriesandblasphemedtheirgods.Allthatshemightrequire,eitherintheaccomplishmentoftheresurrectionorafterit,werecontainedinthatalmosthermeticallysealedsuiteofchambersintherock.Inthegreatsarcophagus,whichasyouknowisofasizequiteunusualevenforkings,wasthemummyofherFamiliar,thecat,whichfromitsgreatsizeItaketobeasortoftiger-cat.Inthetomb,alsoinastrongreceptacle,werethecanopicjarsusuallycontainingthoseinternalorganswhichareseparatelyembalmed,butwhichinthiscasehadnosuchcontents.Sothat,Itakeit,therewasinhercaseadepartureinembalming;andthattheorganswererestoredtothebody,eachinitsproperplace—if,indeed,theyhadeverbeenremoved.Ifthissurmisebetrue,weshallfindthatthebrainoftheQueeneitherwasneverextractedintheusualway,or,ifsotakenout,thatitwasdulyreplaced,insteadofbeingenclosedwithinthemummywrappings.Finally,inthesarcophagustherewastheMagicCofferonwhichherfeetrested.Markyoualso,thecaretakeninthepreservanceofherpowertocontroltheelements.Accordingtoherbelief,theopenhandoutsidethewrappingscontrolledtheAir,andthestrangeJewelStonewiththeshiningstarscontrolledFire.ThesymbolisminscribedonthesolesofherfeetgaveswayoverLandandWater.