Tales of Terror and Mystery

The Jew's Breastplate

           Heandhisdaughterleftthecomfortablesuiteofroomswhichhadformedhisofficialresidenceinconnectionwiththemuseum,andmyfriend,Mortimer,whowasabachelor,tookuphisquartersthere.

           OnhearingofMortimer’sappointmentProfessorAndreashadwrittenhimaverykindlyandflatteringcongratulatoryletter.Iwasactuallypresentattheirfirstmeeting,andIwentwithMortimerroundthemuseumwhentheProfessorshowedustheadmirablecollectionwhichhehadcherishedsolong.TheProfessor’sbeautifuldaughterandayoungman,CaptainWilson,whowas,asIunderstood,soontobeherhusband,accompaniedusinourinspection.Therewerefifteenrooms,buttheBabylonian,theSyrian,andthecentralhall,whichcontainedtheJewishandEgyptiancollection,werethefinestofall.ProfessorAndreaswasaquiet,dry,elderlyman,withaclean-shavenfaceandanimpassivemanner,buthisdarkeyessparkledandhisfeaturesquickenedintoenthusiasticlifeashepointedouttoustherarityandthebeautyofsomeofhisspecimens.Hishandlingeredsofondlyoverthem,thatonecouldreadhisprideinthemandthegriefinhisheartnowthattheywerepassingfromhiscareintothatofanother.

           Hehadshownusinturnhismummies,hispapyri,hisrarescarabs,hisinscriptions,hisJewishrelics,andhisduplicationofthefamousseven-branchedcandlestickoftheTemple,whichwasbroughttoRomebyTitus,andwhichissupposedbysometobelyingatthisinstantinthebedoftheTiber.

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