"
"That," remarked De Gayangos, "is impossible. It is twenty years
since he disappeared with the mummy. Let us drop the subject
until Professor Braddock returns to discuss it with me." And
this was accordingly done.
CHAPTER XII
A DISCOVERY
Three days went by, and Professor Braddock still remained absent
in London, although an occasional letter to Lucy requested such
and such an article from the museum to be forwarded, sometimes by
post and on other occasions by Cockatoo, who traveled up to town
especially. The Kanaka always returned with the news that his
master was looking well, but brought no word of the Professor's
return. Lucy was not surprised, as she was accustomed to
Braddock's vagaries.
Meanwhile Don Pedro, comfortably established at the Warrior Inn,
wandered about Gartley in his dignified way, taking very little
interest in the village, but a great deal in the Pyramids. As
the Professor was absent, Lucy could not ask him to dinner, but
she did invite him and Donna Inez to afternoon tea. Don Pedro
was anxious to peep into the museum, but Cockatoo absolutely
refused to let him enter, saying that his master had forbidden
anyone to view the collection during his absence.
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