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Chapter 19

           Withmanlikefortitudetheywerecontenttobestillwhentheyfelttheyhaddoneallintheirpower.Andsowewaited.

           Thestrikingoftwoo’clockseemedtofreshenusallup.Whatevershadowshadbeensettlingoverusduringthelonghoursprecedingseemedtoliftatonce;andwewentaboutourseparatedutiesalertandwithalacrity.Welookedfirsttothewindowstoseethattheywereclosed,andwegotreadyourrespiratorstoputthemonwhenthetimeshouldbecloseathand.Wehadfromthefirstarrangedtousethemforwedidnotknowwhethersomenoxiousfumemightnotcomefromthemagiccofferwhenitshouldbeopened.Somehow,itneverseemedtooccurtoanyofusthattherewasanydoubtastoitsopening.

           Then,underMargaret’sguidance,wecarriedthemummiedbodyofQueenTerafromherroomintoherfather’s,andlaiditonacouch.Weputthesheetlightlyoverit,sothatifsheshouldwakeshecouldatonceslipfromunderit.Theseveredhandwasplacedinitstruepositiononherbreast,andunderittheJewelofSevenStarswhichMr.Trelawnyhadtakenfromthegreatsafe.Itseemedtoflashandblazeasheputitinitsplace.

           Itwasastrangesight,andastrangeexperience.Thegroupofgravesilentmencarriedthewhitestillfigure,whichlookedlikeanivorystatuewhenthroughourmovingthesheetfellback,awayfromthelightedcandlesandthewhiteflowers.

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