Lucy took pity on Random's confusion.
"Where will they stay?"
"At the Warrior Inn. I have engaged the best rooms in the place.
I fancy they will be comfortable there, as Mrs. Humber, the
landlady, is a good housekeeper and an excellent cook. And I
don't think Don Pedro is hard to please."
"A Spaniard, you say," remarked Archie idly. "Does he speak
English?"
"Admirably--so does the daughter."
"But why does a Spaniard come to so out-of-the-way a place?"
asked Mrs. Jasher, after a pause.
"I thought I told you the other day, when we spoke of the
matter," answered Sir Frank with surprise. "Don Pedro has come
here to interview Professor Braddock about that missing mummy."
Hope looked up sharply.
"What does he know about the mummy?"
"Nothing so far as I know, save that he came to Europe with the
intention of purchasing it, and found himself forestalled by
Professor Braddock. Don Pedro told me no more than that."
"Humph!" murmured Hope to himself. "Don Pedro will be
disappointed when he learns that the mummy is missing."
Random did not catch the words and was about to ask him what he
had said, when two tall figures, conducted by a shorter one, were
seen moving on the white road which led to the Fort.
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