He fancied that the mummy might be
found under the jetty and that inconvenient inquiries might be
made. Also, he wished if possible to implicate Mrs. Jasher, so
as to keep her from telling to the police what he had told her.
He and Cockatoo went down to the river one night and removed the
mummy to the arbor silently. Afterwards he pretended to be
astonished when I found it. I must say he acted his part very
well," said Hope reflectively, "even to accusing Mrs. Jasher.
That was a bold stroke of genius."
"A very dangerous one."
"Not at all. He swore to Mrs. Jasher that if she said anything,
he would tell the police that she had taken the clothes provided
by Sidney from the Pyramids and had gone to speak through the
window, in order to fly with Sidney and the emeralds. As the
fact of the mummy being found in Mrs. Jasher's garden would lend
color to the lie, she was obliged to hold her tongue. And after
all, as she says, she didn't mind, since she was engaged to the
Professor, and possessed at least one of the emeralds."
"Ah! the one she passed along to me. How did she get that?"
Hope referred again to the manuscript.
"She insisted that Braddock should give it to her as a pledge of
good faith.
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