Page:Taylor - In the Dwellings of the Wilderness.djvu/80

 bodily and mental comfort at nightfall when the springs run down.

Holloway said casually:

"Which case have you packed the mummy in for shipment?"

"Haven't packed it at all yet," Merritt answered, tapping the bowl of his pipe against his boot. "There was no time to-day, between Deane's doings and the rest of it. It will be safe enough in the tomb until the morning. These Affejs would not touch it for unlimited backsheesh—and anyhow Ibraheem is on guard to see that they don't go monkeying around."

"Not packed it?" Holloway repeated. His voice held a faint inflection of surprise. "Well, it's not in the tomb. It's gone."