Проклятие мумии, или Камень Семи Звезд

           "Oritmaybeintendedtoconveythataftertheparticularnightoftheresurrection,the’Ka’wouldleavetheheartaltogether,thustypifyingthatinherresurrectiontheQueenwouldberestoredtoalowerandpurelyphysicalexistence.Insuchcasewhatwouldbecomeofhermemoryandtheexperiencesofherwide-wanderingsoul?Thechiefestvalueofherresurrectionwouldbelosttotheworld!This,however,doesnotalarmme.Itisonlyguess-workafterall,andiscontradictorytotheintellectualbeliefoftheEgyptiantheology,thatthe’Ka’isanessentialportionofhumanity."Hepausedandweallwaited.ThesilencewasbrokenbyDoctorWinchester:

           "ButwouldnotallthisimplythattheQueenfearedintrusionofhertomb?"Mr.Trelawnysmiledasheanswered:

           "Mydearsir,shewaspreparedforit.Thegraverobberisnomodernapplicationofendeavour;hewasprobablyknownintheQueen’sowndynasty.Notonlywasshepreparedforintrusion,but,asshowninseveralways,sheexpectedit.Thehidingofthelampsintheserdab,andtheinstitutionoftheavenging’treasurer’showsthattherewasdefence,positiveaswellasnegative.Indeed,fromthemanyindicationsaffordedintheclueslaidoutwiththemostconsummatedthought,wemayalmostgatherthatsheentertaineditasapossibilitythatothers—likeourselves,forinstance—mightinallseriousnessundertaketheworkwhichshehadmadereadyforherownhandswhenthetimeshouldhavecome.