Прокляття мумії, або Камінь Семи Зірок
Chapter 10
Indeedtheyseemednotovercareful;anddidhandlethevariousfurnitureofthetombwithsuchlittleconcernthat,onlyforitsgreatstrengthandthickness,eventhecoffinitselfmighthavebeeninjured.Whichgavememuchconcern,foritwasverybeautifullywroughtofrarestone,suchasIhadnoknowledgeof.MuchIgrievedthatitwerenotpossibletocarryitaway.Buttimeanddesertjourneyingsforbadesuch;Icouldonlytakewithmesuchsmallmattersascouldbecarriedontheperson.
"Withinthesarcophaguswasabody,manifestlyofawoman,swathedwithmanywrappingsoflinen,asisusualwithallmummies.Fromcertainembroideringsthereon,Igatheredthatshewasofhighrank.Acrossthebreastwasonehand,unwrapped.InthemummieswhichIhadseen,thearmsandhandsarewithinthewrappings,andcertainadornmentsofwood,shapedandpaintedtoresemblearmsandhands,lieoutsidetheenwrappedbody.
"Butthishandwasstrangetosee,foritwastherealhandofherwholayenwrappedthere;thearmprojectingfromthecerementsbeingofflesh,seeminglymadeaslikemarbleintheprocessofembalming.Armandhandwereofduskywhite,beingofthehueofivorythathathlainlonginair.Theskinandthenailswerecompleteandwhole,asthoughthebodyhadbeenplacedforburialovernight.Itouchedthehandandmovedit,thearmbeingsomethingflexibleasalivearm;thoughstiffwithlongdisuse,asarethearmsofthosefaqueerswhichIhaveseenintheIndees.
