Проклятие мумии, или Камень Семи Звезд

           MydearFathershouldhaveallthehelpthatcanbehad;andIshallbedeeplyobligedbyyourchoosing.WhoisthebestmaninLondon—anywhereelse—insuchacase?"

           "Thereareseveralgoodmen;buttheyarescatteredallovertheworld.Somehow,thebrainspecialistisborn,notmade;thoughalotofhardworkgoestothecompletingofhimandfittinghimforhiswork.Hecomesfromnocountry.ThemostdaringinvestigatoruptothepresentisChiuni,theJapanese;butheisratherasurgicalexperimentalistthanapractitioner.ThenthereisZammerfestofUppsala,andFenelonoftheUniversityofParis,andMorfessiofNaples.These,ofcourse,areinadditiontoourownmen,MorrisonofAberdeenandRichardsonofBirmingham.ButbeforethemallIwouldputFrereofKing’sCollege.OfallthatIhavenamedhebestunitestheoryandpractice.Hehasnohobbies—thathavebeendiscoveredatallevents;andhisexperienceisimmense.Itistheregretofallofuswhoadmirehimthatthenervesofirmandthehandsodexterousmustyieldtotime.FormyownpartIwouldratherhaveFrerethananyoneliving."

           "Then,"saidMissTrelawnydecisively,"letushaveDoctorFrere—bytheway,ishe’Doctor’or’Mister’?—asearlyaswecangethiminthemorning!"

           Aweightseemedremovedfromhim,andhespokewithgreatereaseandgenialitythanhehadyetshown:

           "HeisSirJamesFrere.Ishallgotohimmyselfasearlyasitispossiblytoseehim,andshallaskhimtocomehereatonce.