Well, Donna Inez
arrives here with her father in a day, or so. They stop at the
Warrior Inn, I believe."
"That horrid place?"
"Oh, it is clean and respectable. Besides, Sir Frank can hardly
ask them to stop in the Fort, and I have no room in this bandbox
of mine. However, the two of them--Donna Inez and Frank, I mean
--can come here and flirt; so can you and Archie if you like."
"I fear four people in this room would not do," laughed Lucy,
rising to take her leave. "Well, I hope Sir Frank will marry
this lady and that you will become Mrs. Braddock. Only one thing
I should like to know."
"And that is?"
"Why was the mummy stolen. It was not valuable save to a
scientist."
"By that argument a scientist must be the murderer and thief,"
said Mrs. Jasher. "However, we shall see. Meanwhile, live every
moment of love's golden hours: they never return."
"That is good advice; I shall take it and my leave," said Lucy,
and departed in a very happy frame of mind.
CHAPTER X
THE DON AND HIS DAUGHTER
Professor Braddock was usually the most methodical of men, and
timed his life by the clock and the almanac. He rose at seven,
summer and winter, to partake of a hearty breakfast, which served
him until dinner came at five thirty.
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