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Chapter 11

           Theeffectwhenseensidewaysastheeyecaughtthegreenfacets,wasthatofanold,discolouredIndianturquoise.

           "WedescendedthePitbytheaidofthetacklewehadbroughtwithus.Trelawnywentfirst.Itwasadeeppit,morethanseventyfeet;butithadneverbeenfilledup.ThepassageatthebottomslopeduptothesarcophagusChamber,andwaslongerthanisusuallyfound.Ithadnotbeenwalledup.

           "Within,wefoundagreatsarcophagusofyellowstone.ButthatIneednotdescribe;youhaveseenitinMr.Trelawny’schamber.Thecoverofitlayontheground;ithadnotbeencemented,andwasjustasVanHuynhaddescribedit.Needlesstosay,wewereexcitedaswelookedwithin.Theremust,however,beonesenseofdisappointment.IcouldnothelpfeelinghowdifferentmusthavebeenthesightwhichmettheDutchtraveller’seyeswhenhelookedwithinandfoundthatwhitehandlyinglifelikeabovetheshroudingmummycloths.Itistruethatapartofthearmwasthere,whiteandivorylike.

           "ButtherewasathrilltouswhichcamenottoVanHuyn!

           "Theendofthewristwascoveredwithdriedblood!Itwasasthoughthebodyhadbledafterdeath!Thejaggedendsofthebrokenwristwereroughwiththeclottedblood;throughthisthewhitebone,stickingout,lookedlikethematrixofopal.Thebloodhadstreameddownandstainedthebrownwrappingsaswithrust.Here,then,wasfullconfirmationofthenarrative.

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