"
"Yes," said Hope, finishing his champagne, "my income is now all
right, as my uncle has paid up."
"Very good, very good. I make no objection," said Braddock
placidly. "I will give you a handsome wedding present, Lucy, for
you may have heard that my future wife has money left to her by
her brother, who was lately a merchant in Pekin. She is heart
and hand with me in our proposed expedition to Egypt."
"Will you go there for the honeymoon, sir?" asked Hope.
"Not exactly for the honeymoon, since we are to be married in
spring, and my expedition to the tomb of Queen Tahoser cannot
start until the late autumn. But Mrs. Braddock will come with
me. That is only just, since it will be her money which will
furnish the sinews of war."
"Well, everything is arranged very well," said Lucy. "I marry
Archie; you, father, make Mrs. Jasher your wife; and I suspect
Sir Frank will marry Donna Inez."
"Ha!" said Braddock with a start, "the daughter of De Gayangos,
who has come here for the missing mummy. Mrs. Jasher told me
somewhat of that, my dear. But I shall see Don Pedro myself
to-morrow. Meanwhile, let us eat and drink. I must go down to
the museum, and you--"
"We shall go to congratulate Mrs.
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