He afterwards passed a string through the
joining of the upper and lower windows, and managed to shut the
snib. Afterwards he came to the boat and rowed it back to
Gartley. On the way Cockatoo told his master that Sidney had
left instructions that the packing case should be taken next
morning to the Pyramids, so there was nothing to fear. The mummy
was hidden in a hole under the jetty and covered with grass."
"Why didn't they take it up to the house?" asked Random, on
hearing this.
"That would have been dangerous," said Hope, looking up from the
manuscript, "seeing that the mummy was supposed to have been
stolen by the murderer. It was easier to hide it amongst the
grasses under the jetty, as no one ever goes there. Well"--he
turned over a few pages--"that is practically all. The rest is
after events."
"I want to hear them," said Random, taking another cup of coffee.
Hope ran his eyes swiftly over the remaining portion of the
paper, and gave further details rapidly to his friend.
"You know all that happened," he said, "the Professor's
pretended surprise when he found the corpse he had himself helped
to pack and--"
"Yes! yes! But why was the mummy placed in Mrs. Jasher's
garden?"
"That was Braddock's idea.
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