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Chapter 11

           

           "Inthestatementitwasplainlysetforththatthehatredofthepriestswas,sheknew,storedupforher,andthattheywouldafterherdeathtrytosuppresshername.Thiswasaterriblerevenge,Imaytellyou,inEgyptianmythology;forwithoutanamenoonecanafterdeathbeintroducedtotheGods,orhaveprayerssaidforhim.Therefore,shehadintendedherresurrectiontobeafteralongtimeandinamorenorthernland,undertheconstellationwhosesevenstarshadruledherbirth.Tothisend,herhandwastobeintheair’unwrapped’andinittheJewelofSevenStars,sothatwherevertherewasairshemightmoveevenasherKacouldmove!This,afterthinkingitover,Mr.TrelawnyandIagreedmeantthatherbodycouldbecomeastralatcommand,andsomove,particlebyparticle,andbecomewholeagainwhenandwhererequired.ThentherewasapieceofwritinginwhichallusionwasmadetoachestorcasketinwhichwerecontainedalltheGods,andWill,andSleep,thetwolatterbeingpersonifiedbysymbols.Theboxwasmentionedaswithsevensides.Itwasnotmuchofasurprisetouswhen,underneaththefeetofthemummy,wefoundtheseven-sidedcasket,whichyouhavealsoseeninMr.Trelawny’sroom.Ontheunderneathpartofthewrappinglinenoftheleftfootwaspainted,inthesamevermilioncolourasthatusedintheStele,thehieroglyphicsymbolformuchwater,andunderneaththerightfootthesymboloftheearth.

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