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Chapter 10

           

           "Thatnightaswecamped,oneofthemenonlyreturned,sayingthatalionofthedeserthadkilledhiscompanionafterthattheyhadburiedthedeadmaninadeepsandwithoutthevalley,andhadcoveredthespotwherehelaywithmanygreatrocks,sothatjackalsorotherpreyingbeastsmightnotdighimupagainasistheirwont.

           "Later,inthelightofthefireroundwhichthemensatorlay,Isawhimexhibittohisfellowssomethingwhitewhichtheyseemedtoregardwithspecialaweandreverence.SoIdrewnearsilently,andsawthatitwasnoneotherthanthewhitehandofthemummywhichhadlainprotectingtheJewelinthegreatsarcophagus.IheardtheBedouintellhowhehadfounditonthebodyofhimwhohadfallenfromthecliff.Therewasnomistakingit,fortherewerethesevenfingerswhichIhadnotedbefore.ThismanmusthavewrencheditoffthedeadbodywhilsthischiefandIwereotherwiseengaged;andfromtheaweoftheothersIdoubtednotthathehadhopedtouseitasanAmulet,orcharm.Whereasifpowersithad,theywerenotforhimwhohadtakenitfromthedead;sincehisdeathfollowedharduponhistheft.AlreadyhisAmulethadhadanawesomebaptism;forthewristofthedeadhandwasstainedwithredasthoughithadbeendippedinrecentblood.

           "ThatnightIwasincertainfearlestthereshouldbesomeviolencedonetome;forifthepoordeadhandwassovaluedasacharm,whatmustbetheworthinsuchwiseoftherareJewelwhichithadguarded.

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