"
"In that case," said Mrs. Jasher, "the woman who talked through
the window still remains a problem. Again, if Sidney Bolton
intended to steal the emeralds, he could have done so in Malta,
or on board the boat."
"No," said Lucy decisively. "The mummy was taken directly from
the seller's house to the boat, and perhaps Sidney did not find
the manuscript until he looked at the mummy. Then Captain Hervey
kept an eye on Sidney, so that he could not open the mummy to
steal the emeralds."
"Still, according to your own showing, Sidney looked at the
actual mummy--he opened the mummy case, that is, else he could
not have got the manuscript."
Lucy nodded.
"I think so, but of course we cannot be sure. But the packing
case in which the mummy was stowed was placed in the hold of the
steamer, and if Sidney had wished to steal the emeralds, he could
not have done so without exciting Captain Hervey's suspicions."
"Then let us say that Sidney robbed the mummy when in the
Sailor's Rest, and took the clothes he borrowed from his mother
in order to fly in disguise. But what of the woman?"
Lucy shook her head.
"I cannot tell. We may learn more later. Don Pedro has gone to
Pierside to search, and my father says that he will send Cockatoo
there also to search.
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