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Chapter 17

           Surely,hereinanothercountryandage,withquitedifferentconditions,shemayinheranxietymakemistakesandtreatanyofyouofusasshedidthoseothersintimesgonepast.Ninementhatweknowofhavebeenslainbyherownhandorbyherinstigation.Shecanberemorselessifshewill."ItdidnotstrikemetillafterwardswhenIwasthinkingoverthisconversation,howthoroughlyIhadacceptedthelivingandconsciousconditionofQueenTeraasafact.BeforeIspoke,IhadfearedImightoffendMr.Trelawny;buttomypleasantsurprisehesmiledquitegeniallyasheansweredme:

           "Mydearfellow,inawayyouarequiteright.TheQueendidundoubtedlyintendisolation;and,alltold,itwouldbebestthatherexperimentshouldbemadeasshearrangedit.Butjustthink,thatbecameimpossiblewhenoncetheDutchexplorerhadbrokenintohertomb.Thatwasnotmydoing.Iaminnocentofit,thoughitwasthecauseofmysettingouttorediscoverthesepulchre.Mind,IdonotsayforamomentthatIwouldnothavedonejustthesameasVanHuyn.Iwentintothetombfromcuriosity;andItookawaywhatIdid,beingfiredwiththezealofacquisitivenesswhichanimatesthecollector.But,rememberalso,thatatthistimeIdidnotknowoftheQueen’sintentionofresurrection;Ihadnoideaofthecompletenessofherpreparations.Allthatcamelongafterwards.Butwhenitdidcome,IhavedoneallthatIcouldtocarryoutherwishestothefull.

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