"
"Probably." Random kicked a mat straight with his foot. "At any
rate the theft of the emeralds shows that it was not any Indian
who killed Bolton. None of them would rifle so sacred a corpse."
"Besides which--as you say--the Indians in Peru do not know
that the mummy has reappeared after thirty years' seclusion,"
chimed in Hope, rising. "Well, and what is to be done now?"
For answer Sir Frank picked up the manuscript which still
remained on the table.
"I shall see Don Pedro about this," he said quietly, "and
ascertain if it is the original or a copy."
Braddock rose slowly and stared at the paper.
"Do you know Latin?" he asked.
"No," rejoined Random, knowing what the savant meant. "I learned
it, of course, but I have forgotten much. I might translate a
word or two, but certainly not the hedge-priest Latin in which
this is written." He looked carefully at the manuscript as he
spoke.
"But who could have placed it in your room?" questioned Archie.
"We cannot learn that until we see Don Pedro. If this is the
original manuscript which we saw the other night, we may learn
how it passed from the possession of De Gayangos to my bookcase.
If it is a copy, then we must learn, if possible, who owned it.
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