Learn English Through Story | The Mummy! A Tale of the Twenty Second Century 2

Chapter 8 the Journey of the Duke and Sir Ambrose to London had nothing in it to distinguish it from hundreds of other Journeys and they did not meet with a single Adventure worthy of being recorded it happened by one of those singular coincidences in real life which

Would be called improbable in a novel that Mr monu’s mansion joined that of the Duke Mrs montigue having like most of the parven genus a most violent punction for the neighborhood of the great perhaps in the hope that gentility might be infectious and that she might

Catch a little by being near it both houses were in The Strand which was as we have before stated in those days the most fashionable part of London and both had beautiful gardens shelving down to the temps Mrs montigue received her brother-in-law with all that awkward overstrain Civ ility with which persons

Raised above their original grade in society generally Endeavor to show their respect to Those whom they consider as their superiors whilst Mr montigue welcomed him with warm affection and presented his daughter Clara to her uncle with all the fondness of a parent Clara montigue well deserved his

Partiality for she was a Charming girl and her light fairy form and animated features seem to realize all that poets Fain of hee sir Ambrose was delighted with her and half his dislike of the mother banished as he contemplated the budding charms of the daughter it was

Well he had such an antidote for poor Mrs montigue in her over anxiety to render herself agreeable contrived to be most excessively annoying to him perhaps indeed there are few things more Troublesome than this vulgar attempt at politeness and the good temper of the baronet was almost exhausted a he retired for the

Night ablard who had accompanied his master to town and who often officiated as Grim of the chamber assisted him to undress and as usual with servants in those days took the liberty of giving his opinion freely of their Hostess sir Ambrose felt no interest in his remarks

But he did not check them as he hoped after he had exhausted this theme he might turn the conversation upon edric the baronet was indeed excessively anxious to hear some news of his son though he was by far too proud to make any inquiries respecting him so you really think Mrs montigue

Disagreeable ablard said sir Ambrose she is a perfect nuisance your honor to all civilized society why I have observed her all day and I verily believe she has never left your honor for 10 minutes nor ever ceased for more than half an hour at a time pressing your honor to

Eat true said sir Ambrose laughing one would think she took me for a slave and wanted to feed me up fat before she sent me to Market to be sold then she is so curious and inquisitive resumed ablard when she saw me bow to master

Edric just now she was quite in a fever to know who he was but I would not satisfy her master edric exclaimed the baronet what then have you seen my son yes your honor and it startled me so that it made me raise the of my visual

Organs like one of the anas genus when the clouds are charged with electric fluid and my heart leaped from its transverse position on my diaphragm and seemed to stick like a great bone right across my esophagus how did he look asked sir Ambrose not that I feel the slightest

Anxiety respecting him no no his own conduct has quite precluded that he was in a balloon and when he saw me he wrote something on a piece of paper with a pencil and threw it down Desiring me to give it to your honor where is it cried sir Ambrose endeavoring to conceal his

Anxiety ablard searched his pockets and opened a large pocketbook which he carefully examined but in vain I am afraid I have lost it your honor no here here it is yes no these are some verses of my own in the ACR monogrammatic style only every line begins with the same

Word with which the last ended instead of the same letter shall I read them to your honor sir Ambrose groaned in the spirit and the unmerciful ablard taking that for a token of ascent deliberately unfolded the paper and read as follows on love of all the powers in

Heaven above above all others triumphs love love rules the soul the heart invades invades the cities and the shades Shades form no shelter from its power power trembles in his courtly bow bow of beauty art thou free free Thou Art not nor C thou be the every other

Class released released from love thy ways increased increased by all the weight of care care flowing from complete despair humph said sir Ambrose I hope your honor is pleased with this little effusion of my muse oh yes it is very fine ablard and your honor thinks it well turned and well expressed

Excellently only I own I don’t understand why dispair comes in the last line despair despair oh to rhyme with care your honor that reason is unanswerable returned sir Ambrose smiling and so you are quite sure you have lost edri note not that it is of the least consequence as nothing he

Could say can possibly alter my opinion of his conduct but if you had heard it I thought I might as well have read it to avoid the imputation of obstinacy it is irrevocably gone your honor well then good night and if you should see edric again you may as well

Tell him the fate of his note for shamefully as he has behaved I would not give him reason to accuse me of obstinacy this was the second time the baronet had made the same observation and ill-natured people might have said but what do the remarks of ill-natured

People signify to us we hope all our readers will be good-natured ones and as they will assuredly put the best possible construction upon sir Ambrose’s conduct we will not be so malicious as to suggest an evil one edrick was exceedingly agitated by his encounter with ablard and feeling convinced his father was in

He determined to delay his journey no longer as his dread of meeting him was excessive he therefore resolved to seek his tutor and if he found him still inclined to procrastinate to set off without him on reaching the doctor’s chamber however he found half his anger converted into laughter at the ludicrous

Situation of the poor philosopher who surrounded as he was on every Side by a crowd of Tradesmen clamorous for orders looked something like Mercury encircled by a tribe of discontented ghosts upon the banks of the STX yes yes Mr Jones said he I see you understand me the coats are to be those

Woven in machines where the wool is stripped off the Sheep’s back by one end and the coat comes out completely made in the newest fashion at the other very well sir said Mr Jones wagging his ears in token of ascent for in those days of universal education

Even the muscles of the head were trained to perform functions which in former days it was only supposed possible they might attain you are quite right sir no person of fashion ever wears anything else now oh edri cried the doctor I shall be ready to attend to you directly and so

Mrs celestina you must make the soup if you please waterproof and you Mr Crispen must have the boots ready to dissolve at a moment’s notice oh dear oh dear what a perplexity I am in my head is going just like a steamboat at the rate of 60 M an

Hour upon my word doctor said edric looking round in dismay if we are to take half the things assembled here I do not know where we shall find a balloon large enough and strong enough even to raise us from the ground I will show you one replied the doctor mysteriously ly and solemnly

Drawing forth from his bosom a key which appeared to have been suspended by a ribbon from his neck he slowly opened with great difficulty a secret drawer in his escar and produced from its inist SES a small bottle of Indian Rubber the gravity of the doctor’s Manner and the

Length of time that he had employed in this operation had excited edric’s curiosity and he burst into a violent and uncontrollable fit of laughter when he saw the result what is the matter edri asked the doctor with the utmost solemnity what can be the occasion of this unceremonious and ill-timed

Levity pant mountains my dear doctor replied edric still laughing you know the rest ridicule edric said the doctor Gravely is by no means the test of Truth fools often nay generally laugh at what they cannot understand and when I shall have explained the motives of my conduct

I trust you will feel feel ashamed of your present weak and unseasonable MTH Couer edric is a substance capable of astonishing dilation and contraction whilst The Peculiar elasticity and tenacity of its fibers give it a strength and solidity very rare in bodies when in a state of extreme tension there are several very

Extraordinary phenomena relating to elastic bodies which I am happy to have an opposite opportunity of explaining to you edric yawned you know elastic substances have the power of wonderfully resisting a force which would annihilate solids apparently infinitely stronger than themselves as a featherbed will repulse a cannon ball that would

Penetrate with ease through a thick table now the reason for this is clear the elastic body has the power of summoning all its forces to its assistance for the effect of a blow may be traced even to its Remo extremity whereas the solid substance can only oppose its Enemy by the mere resistance

Of the identical part struck certainly said edric striving to suppress a yawn nothing can be more clear nothing resumed the doctor I was sure you would admire the force of my reasoning indeed I see the excess of your admiration in the involuntary YNS in which you have been

Indulging on some occasions edric man shakes off the artificial restraints of society and breaks forth into the full freedom of honest and unsophisticated nature thus it was with you edric in ancient times the extension of the Jaws was held synonymous with the extension of the understanding and the

Opening of the mouth and eyes was considered as the greatest possible sign of pleasure that could be given in the works of an ancient author whose poetry was doubtless once esteemed very fine since it is now quite unintelligible we find the following passage an hod stood lost in wide mouthed speculation

Again his eyes are mouth the hero opened wide and divers others which we will leave till a more convenient opportunity if you please said edric interrupting him at present do favor me for 5 minutes with your attention we cannot take all these things why not asked the doctor gazing

At his people with surprise for my part I do not think we can dispense with a single article these cloaks said edric and those hampers for instance cannot be of the slightest use I beg your pardon returned the doctor the cloaks are of asbestos and will be necessary to protect us from

Ignition if we should encounter any electric matter in the clouds and the hampers are filled with elastic plugs for our ears and noses and tubes and barrels of common air for us to breathe when we get beyond the atmosphere of the Earth but what occasion shall we have to to go beyond

It how can we do otherwise surely you don’t mean to travel the whole distance in the balloon I thought of course you would adopt the present fashionable mode of traveling and after mounting the 17 miles or thereabouts which is necessary to get clear of the mundane attraction

To wait there till the Turning of the globe should bring Egypt directly under our feet but it is not in the same latitude true I did not think of that well then sighing deeply I suppose we must do without the hamper certainly and without those boxes and Bottles too I

Hope oh no we can’t do without those those bottles contain my magic Elixir that cures all diseases merely by the smell a new idea that you know it has been long discovered that the whole material Medica might be carried in a ring and that all the instruments of

Surgery might be compressed into a walking stick but the idea of sniffing Health in a pinch of snuff is I flatter myself exclusively my own very likely but we cannot be encumbered with your Panacea in our aerial tour then that box contains my portable galvanic battery that my apparatus for

Making and collecting the inflammable air and that my machine for producing and concentrating the quick silver Vapor which is to serve as the propelling power to urge us onwards in the place of steam and these bladders are filled with laughing gas for the sole purpose of keeping up our

Spirits the three first will be useful said edric but I will positively have no more a ad then my precious Treasures exclaimed the doctor looking sorrowfully around dear offspring of my cares children of my mind and must I leave you to some rude hand which heedless of your inestimable worth May scatter your

Beauties to the winds alas alas breakfast is ready and my Lord is waiting interrupted the shrill voice of one of Lord gustavis servants then we must go said the doctor and the rest of his pathetic lamentation remained forever buried in his own bosom Lord gustavis was already seated

When they entered the room with two gentlemen whom he introduced to our Travelers as Lord Noodle and Lord doodle these Noble Lords were both counselors of State as well as their illustrious host and had attained that high honor in exactly the same way viz they had both succeeded their respective fathers it is

Not easy to be very diffuse in their description as they were members of that honorable and numerous fraternity who never take the trouble of judging for themselves but contentedly swim with the stream whichever way it may flow and have nothing about them to distinguish them in the slightest degree from the

Crowd Lord gustavis was at present their leading star and they might very appropriately be termed his satellites thus when any new idea was started they cautiously refrained from giving an opinion till they found what he thought of it they would then look wise shake their heads and say exactly

So certainly no body can doubt it or some of those other convenient Reno phrases which fill up so agreeably the pauses in the conversation without requiring any Troublesome exertion of the mental powers of either the hearer or the speaker these gentlemen had now visited Lord gustavis for the purpose of accompanying him and

Edric to the Queen’s lvie and as soon as they had taken breakfast the whole party with the exception of Dr inen proceeded to court when arrived there however they found the queen had not yet risen Her Majesty is late this morning observed Lord mayworth a gentleman loaded with orders and decorations addressing Lord

Gustavis I am not surprised said his lordship for her most gracious Majesty told me the other day that she has slept badly for some time which of course caused you great grief asked Dr Hardman a little satirical looking gentleman a bobwig thinking as I think said Lord

Gustavis Gravely and as I am sure everyone here must think or at least ought to think Her Majesty’s want of sleep is a circumstance of very serious importance oh very exclaimed Lord noodle shaking his headmost assuredly cried Lord deedle shaking his why demanded the doctor of what

Possible consequence can it be to her subjects whether Her Majesty sleeps soundly or has the nightmare of the greatest consequence replied Lord gustavis solemnly nothing can be greater echoed his satellites well observed Lord mayworth for my part I am such a traitor as to think we might exist even if the queen

Did not sleep at all or if she slept forever rejoined the doctor significantly oh F cried Lord gustavis what would become of us if the great son of the political hemisphere were to set we must watch the rising of another I suppose said Lord mayworth yes continued Dr Hardman and

Then the energies of the people would be roused they want Awakening from their present Slumber they have slept too long under the paralyzing effects of tyranny the government wants reform corruption has eaten into its root and it must be eradicated a England can be free or its

People happy would to Heaven I might live to Aid in the Glorious struggle that I might see the people assert their rights and the fiend despotism sink beneath their blows I have ever admired said Lord mayworth the high integrity and fine principles of the worthy doctor which

Have not only obtained for him the Applause of England but the admiration of Europe the courage wisdom and purity of his mind cannot be too highly extoled and all who know him concur in calling him the firm and devoted friend of mankind I also have been an humble

Supporter of plans of economy and retrenchment and it was I who had the honor of suggesting to the council the other day that an humble petition should be presented to her majesty requesting her respectfully to order a diminution of the lights in her Saloon proving incontestably that there were at least

Six more than were absolutely necessary thinking as I think and as I am sure everyone here must think began Lord gustavis but a he had time to finish his exordium the folding doors at the back of the audience chamber were thrown open and the queen appeared sitting upon a

Gorgeous throne and surrounded by the officers of her household all splendidly attired the usual ceremonies then took place Claudia smiled graciously on edric as he kissed her hand and inquired when he intended to depart edric informed her on the morrow when condescending to express regret and

Desiring to see him on his return she wished him an agreeable voyage and dismissed him during their ride home Lord gustavis could talk of nothing but the graciousness of the queen upon which he was still expatiating when the balloon stopped and edric who though he felt grateful for her kindness was annoyed by

Hearing so much said of it hastened to leave him as soon as he possibly could with propriety on his road to his own apartment however he heard a strange and fearful noise like the voice of someone screaming in an Agony of rage and pain which seemed to proceed from the chamber appropriated

To his learned tutor and he was going there to ascertain the cause when the agitated form of the unfortunate philosopher burst upon Him sad indeed was the condition in which this Splendid ornament of the 22nd century now presented himself before the eyes of his astonished pupil

His face glowed like fire his hat was off and water streamed from every part of his body till he looked like the Effigy of a water deity in a fountain here is management cried he as soon as his rage permitted him to speak here is treatment for one devoted to the service of

Mankind but I will be revenged and centuries yet to come shall tremble at my wroth in this this manner he continued and being too much occupied in these awful denunciations to be able to give any information as to what calamity had brought him into this unseemly plight it

Will be necessary to go back a little to explain it for him when Dr anden left the breakfast room of Lord gustavis which he did not do till a considerable time after the rest of the party had quitted it he was so absorbed in meditation that he did

Not know exactly which way he was going and happening unfortunately Ely to turn to the right when he should have gone to the Left To His Infinite surprise he found himself in the kitchen instead of his own study absent as the doctor was however his attention was soon roused by the

Scene before him being like many of his learned Brotherhood somewhat of a gourand his indignation was violently excited by finding the cook comfortably asleep on a sofa on one side of the room whilst the meat intended for dinner a meal it was then the fashion to take about noon was as comfortably resting

Itself from its toils on the other the chemical substitute for fire which ought to have cooked it having gone out and The Cook’s nap precluding all reasonable expectation of its reillumination the doctor’s Roth was kindled though the fire was not and in a violent rage he seized the gentle celestina’s shoulder

And shook her till she woke where am I exclaimed she opening her eyes Anywhere But Where you ought to be cried the doctor in a fury look hussy look at that fine joint of meat lying quite cold and Soden in its own Steam dear me returned celestina yawning I am really quite unfortunate today an unlucky accident has already occurred to a leg of mutton which was to have formed part of today’s elements and now this piece of beef is also destroyed I am afraid there will be nothing for dinner but some mucilaginous

Saccharine vegetables and they most probably will be boiled to a viscous consistency and what excuse can you offer for all this exclaimed the doctor his voice trembling with passion it was unavoidable replied celestina KY whilst I was copying a cast from the Apollo badier this morning having unguardedly applied too much

Caloric to the vessel containing the leg of mutton the aquous fluid in which it was immersed evaporated and the viant became completely Cal signed whilst the other Affair Hush Hush interrupted the doctor I cannot bear to hear you mention it oh surely job himself never suffered such a trial of his

Patience in fact his troubles were scarcely worth mentioning for he was never cursed with learned servants saying this the doctor retired lamenting his hard fate in not having been born in those housian days when Cooks Drew nothing but their poultry whilst the gentle celestina’s breast panted with indignation at his complaint

An opportunity soon offered for revenge and seeing the doctor’s steam valet ready to be carried to its Master’s chamber she treacherously applied a double portion of caloric in consequence of which the machine burst whilst in the act of brushing the doctor’s coat collar and by discharging the whole of the

Scolding water contained in its cauldron upon Him reduced him to the melancholy State we have already mentioned the fear of the ridicule attached to this incident in a great measure reconciled the doctor to edric’s project of a speedy departure and the following morning they baded du to Lord

Gustavis and stepping into their balloon sailed for Egypt chapter n no event of any importance occurred to our Travelers in the course of their aerial Voyage they were too well provided with all kinds of necessaries to have any occasion to rest by the way and in an incredibly short space of time

They were hovering over Egypt different however oh how different from the Egypt of the 19th century was the fertile country which now lay like a map beneath their feet Improvement had turned her gigantic steps towards its once desert Plains Commerce had waved her magic wand and towns and cities manufactories and

Canals spread in all directions no more did the Nile overflow it Banks a thousand channels were cut to receive its Waters no longer did the moving Sands of the desert rise in Mighty waves threatening to overwhelm The wayworn Traveler macademi Turnpike roads supplied their place over which post chazes with anti- attrition Wheels

Bold at the ratees of 15 M an hour steamboats glided down the canals and fases raised their Smoky heads amidst Groves of palm trees whilst iron Railways intersected orange groves and plantations of dates and pomegranates might be seen bordering excavations intended for Co pits colonies of English and Americans peopled the country and

Produced a population that swarmed like bees over the land and surpassed in numbers even the wonderous throngs of the ancient misra race whilst industry and science changed desolation into plenty and had converted Barren Plains into FAL kingdoms amidst all these revolutions however the pyramids still raised their gigantic forms towering to the sky

Unchanged unchangeable Grand simple and immovable fit symbols of that Majestic nature they were intended to represent and seeming to look down with contempt upon the ephemeral structures with which they were surrounded as though they would have said had utterance been permitted to them AA ye nothings of the

Day respect our dignity and sink into your original obscurity for know that we alone are monarchs of the Plains indestructible however as they had proved themselves even their Granite sides had not been able entirely to resist the corroding influence of the smoke with which they were now surrounded and a slight crumbling

Announced the first outward symptom of Decay still however though blackened and disfigured they sha stupendous monuments of former greatness and edric and his tutor gazed upon them with an all that for some moments deprived them of utterance the doctor however who was too fond of reasoning ever long to remain

Willingly silent after surveying them a few minutes broke forth as follows what Noble piles what majesty and Grandeur they display in their formation and yet what dignified Simplicity can the imagination of man conceive anything more Sublime than the thought that they have stood thus frowning in awful magnificence perhaps

Since the very creation of the world without equals without even competitors mocking the feeble efforts of man to do Divine their origin and seeing generation after generation pass away whilst they still remain immutable and involved in the same deep and unfathomable mystery as at first it is very strange observed edric

That in this age of speculation and Discovery nothing certain should be known concerning them it is returned the doctor but the thick mysterious Veil that has rested upon them for so many ages seems not intended to be removed by mortal hands they remind one of the sublime inscription upon the Temple of the

Goddess Isis at seis I am whatever was whatever is and whatever shall be but no mortal has as yet presumed to raise the veil that covers me your quotation is apt doctor resumed edric for both relate to Nature indeed nature appears to be the deity which the ancient Egyptians woried under all the

Various forms in which she presents herself and their strange and animal deities were but reverenced as her symbols it was nature whom they woried as Isis it was nature that was typified in the pyramids and the Good Taste of the Egyptians made them prefer the simple The Majestic and the sublime in

Those Works which they destined to last for ages formerly from the immensity of their population and high state of their civilization labor was so divided and consequently so lightened that multitudes were enabled to exist exempt from toil these persons devoting themselves to study became initia and either enrolled themselves

Amongst the priesthood or passed their lives in making themselves masters of the most abstract Sciences the consequences were natural they followed up the ramifications of creation to their original Source they penetrated into the most profound secrets of Nature and traced all her wonders in her Works aware however of

The taste of the vulgar for anything above their comprehens and of the natural craving of the human mind for mystery they wrapped the discoveries they had made in a deep and impenetrable Veil and concealed awful and Sublime significations under the meanest and most disgusting images you are right said the doctor in

Your observations upon the religion of the ancient Egyptians but it does not appear to me that the pyramids were erected by them what I suppose you draw your conclusions from the want of hieroglyphics in their principal Chambers and from what Herodotus says of their having been erected by a Shepherd

You think they were the work of the pic race no though I allow much may be said in favor of that hypothesis particularly as Herodotus says the Kings under whom they were erected ordered all the Egyptian temples to be closed which we know the shepherd or pic soverign did

But I cannot imagine that an ignorant goth-like race of shepherds men accustomed to live in tent or in the open air and possessing no talents but for war were capable of constructing such immense piles no no the pyramids required gigantic conceptions highly cultivated minds and unwearied perseverance all qualities quite incompatible with a

Warlike wandering race no I do not think the Pali were capable of imagining such structures much less of constructing them I think they were the work of evil spirits evil spirits exclaimed edric yes returned the doctor we are told that the evil spirits after their expulsion from Paradise were under the

Command of the sultan or Solomon gam Ben gam as he is called by Arabic writers but who is supposed to have been the same as chops and that he employed them in this vast work I do not know by what analysis etymologists can draw the name of chops

From that of gam Ben gam but supposing the fact to be correct that they designated the same person I think it only proves more strongly my hypothesis for the Pali came from Mount Caucasus where the evil spirits were said to have been in Chained and if chops was a

Pallet King it is possible the Egyptians might poetically call their conquerors evil spirits that is a good idea edric though I do not think it by any means certain that chops was a pallet King however we shall soon be able to see his tomb and judge for ourselves for we have now

Approached near enough to the pyramids to descend fo what a smoke and what A noise it is enough to Rouse the mummies from their Slumbers before their appointed time and without the aid of galvanism have you opened the valves edric oh yes I perceive we are getting

Lower we will not lose a moment before we visit the pyramid but what a crowd of brutes are assembled to witness our arrival they stare at as though they had never seen a balloon before Egypt is certainly a fine country but the inhabitants are a century behind us in

Civilization an immense crowd had gathered together to witness The Descent of our Travelers and they did indeed stand staring lost in stupid astonishment at the strange sight that presented itself for though the Egyptian people had occasionally seen balloons they had never before beheld one made of Indian Rubber the odd figure of the

Doctor too amused them exceedingly as he sat wrapped up in the most dignified manner in an asbestos cloak his bobwig pushed a little on one side from the heat of the weather and the warmth of his argument his round red oily face attempting to look solemn and his little

Fat Punchy figure trying to assume an air of majesty the Egyptians were amazingly struck with this Apparition and being like most colonists somewhat conceited and not very ceremonious In Their Manners they looked at him a few minutes in silence and then burst into immoderate fits of laughter the doctor was exceedingly

Indignant at this rude reception and Rising shook his fist at them in Anger a maneuver however that only redoubled the mirth of the unpolished Egyptians whose peels of laughter now became so tremendous that they actually shook the skies and occasioned a most unpleasant vibration in the balloon edric who was

Almost as much annoyed as the doctor had yet sufficient self-command to continue calmly making prep preparations for his descent and without taking the least notice of the crowd below he screwed the top upon the propelling vapor bottle he let the inflammable air escape from the balloon which rapidly collapsed as they

Approached the Earth and throwing out their patent spring grappling irons they caught one of the lower stones of the Great Pyramid and in a few moments the car in which our Travelers were sitting was safely mored at a convenient distance from the earth for them to a light edric now loosed the descending

Ladder and reverentially assisted the Doctor Who was encumbered with his long cloak to reach Tera ferma in safety amidst the bustle and exclamations of the crowd who thronged around them expressing their wonder and astonishment audibly in Broad English where the juice did this spring from cried one the car would load a

Wagon and what is gone with the balloon said another it is clean vanished well I never saw such a thing in all my life before exclaimed a third I think they must be come from the Moon Hush Hush cried an Old Gentleman bustling amongst them who seemed as one having

Authority what’s the matter what’s the matter we are strangers sir said edric advancing and addressing him we come here to see the wonders of your country and we wish to explore the pyramids but the reception we have met with say no more say no more interrupted

The worthy Justice for such he was get about your business you rap scallions or I’ll read the riot act here Gregory call out the posy commentators and set a guard of constables to keep watch over these gentlemen’s balloon whilst they go to explore the pyramids a but where is the balloon I

Don’t see it I hope neither of the gentlemen has put it in his pocket laughing at his own wit no sir returned edric smiling though it is a feat which might easily be accomplished for that is our balloon pointing to the couch chuk bottle now shrunk to its original

Dimensions very strange that said the Justice very curious very curious indeed well gentlemen if you wish to proceeded iMed immediately you’ll want a guide of course these cottages at the foot of the pyramids are all inhabited by guides who get their living by showing the sights they are sad Rogues

Most of them but I can recommend you to one who is a very honest man here Samuel continued he knocking against a small door Samuel I say Samuel made his appearance in the guise of a tall raw boned stupid looking fellow with a pair of immensely broad stooping shoulders which looked as

Though he could have relieved Atlas occasionally of his birn without much trouble to himself coming forth from his Hut in an awkward shambling Pace he scratched his head and demanded what his honor pleased to want you must show these gentlemen the pyramids said the Justice a that I will with pleasure

Returns Samuel I’ve got my living by showing them these 50 years man and boy and I know every crink and cranny of them though I’m old now and somewhat lame so Walk This Way gentlemen we are very much obliged to you sir said the doctor bowing to the

Justice who was in fact one of those good-natured busy bustling men who are always better pleased to transact any other person’s business than their own and are never so happy as when a new arrival gives them an opportunity of showing off their consequence indeed there is a pleasure

In wonders to a stranger that only those who have little else to occupy their minds can properly estimate a man of this kind feels his self-love gratified by the superiority his local knowledge gives him over a stranger and as it is perhaps the only chance he ever can have

Of showing superiority they must be unreasonable who blame him for making the most of it justice free mantle was accordingly exceedingly delighted with Travelers who seemed disposed to submit implicitly to his dictation and he returned a most gracious reply to the doctor’s thanks don’t mention it don’t mention it

My dear sir said he I am never so happy as when I can make myself useful is there anything else I can do for you you may command me I assure you and you may depend upon it no injury shall be done to your luggage whilst you are

Away what a very civil obliging good-natured Old Gentleman said the doctor as they walked towards the entrance of the pyramids I declare he almost reconciles me to the country though I own I thought at first the people were the greatest brutes I had ever met with which pyramid does your honor wish

To see asked the guide that which contains the tomb of chops man cried the doctor solemnly who encumbered with his long cloak and loaded with his walking stick and galvanic battery had some difficulty in getting on won’t your honor let me carry that pole and that bag said the man you’d get

On a surprising deal better if you would AA wret exclaimed the doctor nor offered to touch with thy profane fingers the immortal instruments of science the man stared but fell back and the whole Party Walked on in perfect silence in the meantime edric had walked on before his companions completely lost in

Meditation a crowd of conflicting thoughts rushed through his mind and now when he found himself at the very goal of his wishes the daring nature of the purpose he had so long entertained seemed to strike him for the first time and he trembled at the consequences that might attend the completion of his

Desires with his arms folded on his breast he stood gazing on the pyramids whilst his ideas wandered uncontrolled through the boundless regions of space and what am I thought he weak feeble worm that I am who dare seek to penetrate into the awful secrets of my Creator why should I wish to restore

Animation to a body now resting in the quiet of the Tom what right have I to renew the struggles the pains the cares and the anxieties of mortal life how can I tell the fearful effects that may be produced by the gratification of my unearthly longing may I not revive a

Creature whose wickedness May invol Mankind in misery and what if my experiment should fail and if the moment when I expect my rash wishes to be accomplished the hand of Almighty Vengeance should strike me to the Earth and Heap molten fire on my brain to punish my

Presumption the sound of human voices as the doctor and the guide approached gred harshly on the nerves of edric already overstrained by the awful nature of the thoughts in which he had been indulging and he turned away involuntarily to escape the interruption he dreaded quite forgetting for the moment from whom the

Sounds most probably proceeded Lord have mercy on us said the guide I declare that gentleman looks as if he were beside himself and see there if he hasn’t walked right by the entrance to the pyramid without seeing it sir sir helled he excessively annoyed but recalled to his recollection by these shouts edric

Returned these pyramids are wonderful piles said the doctor as he stumbled forward to meet him I really had no adequate conception of the enormity of their size they did not even look half so large at a distance as they do now immense masses seldom do replied edric compelling himself with difficulty to

Speak true returned the doctor the Simplicity and uniformity of their figures deceive the eyes and it is only when we approach approach them that we feel their stupendous magnitude and our own insignificance they give an amazing idea of the Grandeur of the ancient kings of Egypt said edric without exactly knowing

What he was saying their palaces must have been superb if they had such morsels how absurdly you reason edric replied the doctor peevishly for being annoyed with his Bens and his cloak he was not in a humor to Bear contradiction I thought we had settled the question before in the first place I

Think it very doubtful whether the Egyptians had anything to do with the building of these monuments and if they had I think they were meant for temples not morels and in the next place even if they were intended for tombs their greatness affords no argument for the Splendor of the surrounding palaces as

The Egyptians were celebrated for the superiority of their burying places and for the immense sums they expended upon them indeed you know ancient writers say they went so far as to call the houses of the living only ins whilst they considered tombs as Everlasting habitations a circumstance by the way

That strongly corroborates my hypothesis at least as far as their opinions go as it seems to imply that both soul and body were designed to remain there they had now entered the pyramid and were proceeding with infinite difficulty along a low dark narrow passage observe edric said the doctor

How the difficulty and obscurity of these winding passages confirm my opinion you know the religion of the ancient Egyptians like that of the ancient Hindus was one of penances and personal privations and granting that to be the case what can be more simple than that the passages the

Initiat had to Traverse before they reached the aditum should be painful and difficult of access besides this as you know the bones of a bull no doubt those of the god apis were found in a sarcophagus in the second pyramid it seems probable that it was sacred to his

Worship and its vicinity to the Nile which was indispensable to the temples of apis as when it was time for him to die he was drowned in its Waters confirms the fact indeed I am only surprised that any human being possessing a grain of Common Sense can entertain a single doubt upon the

Subject how do you account for the tomb we are about to visit being placed in the p PID if you think they were only designed for a temple asked edric the question is futile said the doctor a strange fancy prevailed in former times that burying the dead in consecrated places particularly in

Temples intended for divine worship would scare away the evil spirits and the practice actually prevailed in England even as lately as the 19th or 20th century indeed it was not till after the country had been almost depopulated by the dreadfully infectious disease that prevailed about 200 years

Ago that a law was passed to prevent the interment of the Dead in London and that those previously buried in and near the churches there were exhumed and placed in cemeteries beyond the walls edric did not reply for in fact his ideas were so absorbed by the solemn

Object before him that it was painful for him to speak and the doctor’s ill-timed reasoning created such an irritation of his nerves that he found it require the utmost exertion of his self-command to endure it patiently the passage they were traversing now became higher and wider shelving off occasionally into Chambers or recesses

On each side till they approached a kind of vestibule in the center of which ywn a deep dark gloomy looking cavity like a well we must descend the shaft said the guide and that will lead us to the tomb of King chops but as the road is dark

And rather dangerous we had better each of us take a torch as he spoke he drew some torches from a niche where they were deposited and began to illuminate them from his own the red glare of the Torches flashed fearfully on the massive whales of the pyramid throwing part of their enormous

Masses into deep Shadow as they Rose in solemn and Sublime dignity around and seemed frowning upon the presumptuous Mortals that had dared to invade their recesses whilst the deep pit beneath their feet seemed to yawn white to engulf them in its Abyss edric’s heart beat thick it throbbed till he even

Fancied its pulsations Audible and a strange mysterious thrilling of anxiety mingled with a wild undefinable Delight ran through his frame a few short hours and his wishes would be gratified or set at rest forever the doctor and the guide had already begun to descend and their figures seemed changed and unearthly as

The gleams of the Torches fell upon them edric gazed for a moment and Then followed with feelings worked up almost to frenzy by the overe excitement of his nerves whilst the hollow sound that re-echoed from the walls as they struck against them in their descent thrilled through his whole

Frame no one spoke and after proceeding for some time along the narrow path or rather ledge formed on the sides of the cavity which gradually sheld downwards the guid suddenly stopped and touching a secret spring a solid block of granite slowly detached itself from the wall and Rising majestically like the POR Cullis

Of an ancient Fortress showed the entrance to a dark and dreary cave the guide Advanced followed by our Travelers into a gloomy vaulted apartment where long vistas of ponderous arches stretched on every side till their termination was lost in darkness and gave a feeling of immensity and obscurity to the

Scene I will wait here said the guide and here if you please you had better leave your torches that Avenue will lead you to the tomb The Travelers obeyed and the guide placing himself in a recess in the wall extinguished all the Torches except one which he shrouded so as to leave The

Travelers in total darkness nothing could be now more terrific than their situation immured in the recesses of the Tomb involved in darkness and their bosoms throbbing with hopes that they scarcely dare devour even to themselves with faltering steps they proceeded slowly along the path the guide had pointed out shuddering even at the

Hollow echo of their own footsteps which alone broke the solemn silence that rained throughout these fearful regions of Terror and the tomb suddenly a vivid light flashed upon them and as they Advanced they found it proceeded from torches placed in the hands of two colossal figures who placed

In a sitting posture seemed guarding an enormous portal surmounted by the image of a fox the constant guardian of an Egyptian tomb the immense Dimensions an air of grandeur and repos about these colossi had something in it very imposing and our Travelers felt a sensation of or creep over them as they

Gazed upon their calm unmoved features so strikingly emblematic of that immutable nature which they were doubtless plac there to typify it was with feelings of indescribable solemnity that the doctor and edric passed through this Majestic portal and found themselves in an apartment gloomily illumined By the Light Shed faintly from an inner chamber

Through ponderous Brazen Gates beautifully rought the light thus feebly emitted showed that the room in which they stood was dedicated to tyon the evil spirit as his Fierce and Savage types covered the walls and images of his symbols the crocodile and the dragon placed beneath the shadow of the Brazen

Gates and dimly seen by the imperfect light seemed starting into life and grimly to forbid the farther advance of The Intruders our travel shuddered and opening with trembling hand the ponderous Gates they entered the tomb of chops in the center of the chamber stood a superb highly ornamented sarcophagus

Of alabaster beautifully wrought over this hung a lamp of wondrous workmanship supplied by a potent mixture so as to burn for ages unconsumed thus awfully lighting up with Perpetual Flame the solemn Mansions of the dead and typifying life eternal even in the silent tomb around the room on marble benches were

Arranged mummies simply dried apparently those of slaves and close to the sarcophagus was placed one contained in a case which the doctor approached to examine this was supposed to be that of ss The Confident and prime minister of chops the chest that enclosed the body was splendidly ornamented with embossed

Guilt leather whilst the parts not otherwise covered were stained with red and green curiously Blended and of a vivid brightness the mighty thar the Jupiter of the Egyptians spread its widely extended Wings Over the head grasping in his monstrous claer ring the emblem of Eternity whilst below the vulture form

Of re proclaimed the deceased devot of that powerful deity and on the sides were innumerable hieroglyphics the doctor removed the lid and shuddered as the Crimson tinge of the Everlasting lamp fell upon the Hideous and distorted features thus suddenly exhibited to view this sepulcral light indeed added unspeakable

Horror to the scene and its peculiar glare through such a wild and demoniac expression on the dark lines and ghastly lineaments of the mummies that even the doctor felt his spirits depressed and a supernatural dread creep over his mind as he gazed upon them in the meantime edric had stood

Gazing upon the sarcophagus of chops the sides of which were beautifully sculptured with groups of figures which from The Peculiar light thrown upon them seemed to possess all the force and reality of Life on one side was represented an armed and Youthful Warrior bearing off in his arms a

Beautiful female on whom he gazed with the most passionate fondness he was pursued by a crowd of people and soldiers who seemed rending the air with vant exclamations against his violence and endeavoring in vain to arrest his progress whilst in the background appeared an old man who was

Tearing his hair and ringing his hands in ineffectual rage against the ravisher the other side presented the same old man wrestling with the youthful Warrior who had just overpowered and stabbed him the helpless victim raising his withered hands and failing eyes to Heaven as he fell as though to implore vengeance upon

His murderer whilst the crimon current was fast ebbing from his bosom the dying look and Agony of the old man were forcibly depicted whilst upon the features of the youthful Warrior glowed the fury of a demon the sarcophagus was supported by the lion emblem of royalty the symbol of

The solar god Horus and above it sat the Majestic Hawk of Osiris gazing upwards and unmindful of the subtle crocodile of Typhon that crouching under its feet was just about to seize its breast in its enormous Jaws neither of The Travelers had as yet spoken for it seemed like

Sacrilege to disturb the awful Stillness that prevailed even by a whisper indeed the solemn aspect of the chamber thrilled through every nerve and they moved slowly GL along with noiseless steps as though they feared prematurely to break the Slumbers of the mighty dead it contained they gazed however with deep

But undefinable interest upon the sculptured Mysteries of the tomb of chops vainly endeavoring to decipher their meaning whilst as they found their efforts useless a secret voice seemed to whisper in their bosoms and shell finite creatures like these who cannot even explain the signification of objects presented Before Their Eyes presume to

Die dive into the mysteries of their creators will learn wisdom by this Omen nor seek again to explore Secrets above your comprehension retire whilst it is yet time soon it will be too late edric started at his own thoughts as the fearful warning soon it will be

Too late rang in his ears and a fearful presentiment of evil weighed heavily upon his soul he turned to look upon the doctor but he had already seized the lid of the sarcophagus and with a daring hand removed it from its place displaying in the fearful light the Royal form that lay beneath

For a moment both edric and the doctor paused not daring to survey it and when they did they both uttered an involuntary Cry of astonishment as the stern but handsome features of the Mummy met their eyes for both instantly recognized the sculptured warrior in his traits yes it was indeed the same but

The fierce expression of fiery and ungoverned passions depicted upon the countenance of the marble figure had settled down to a calm vindictive and concentrated hatred upon that of its mommy prototype in the Tomb awful indeed was the Gloom that sat upon that brow and bitter the sardonic smile that curled those hauy lips all was perfect as though life still animated the form before them and it had only reclined there to seek a short Repose the dark eyebrows the thick Raven

Hair which hung upon the forehead and the Snow White Teeth seen through the half open lips forbad the idea of death whilst the fiend-like expression of the features made edrick shudder as he recollected the purpose that brought him to the tomb and he trembled at the thought of Awakening such a fearful

Being from the torpa of the Grave to all the renewed energies of life let us go whispered the doctor to his pupil in a low deep and unearthly tone fearfully different from his usually cheerful voice edric started at the sound for it seemed the last sad warning of his better genius before he

Abandoned her forever the die however was cast and it was too late to recede indeed edric felt worked up to frenzy by the overall feelings of the moment he seized the machine and resolutely Advanced towards the sarcophagus whilst the doctor gazed upon him with a horror that deprived him of either speech or

Motion innumerable folds of red and white linen disposed alternately SED the gigantic but well-proportioned limbs of the royal Mommy and upon his breast lay a piece of metal shining like silver and stamped with the figure of a winged Globe edric attempted to remove this but recalled with horror when he found it

Bend beneath his fingers with an unnatural softness whilst as the flickering light of the lamp fell upon the face of the mommy he fancied its Stern features relaxed into a ghastly laugh of scornful mockery worked up to desperation he applied the wires of the battery and put the apparatus in motion

Whilst a demoniac laugh of derision appeared to ring in his ears and the surrounding mummies seemed starting from their places and dancing in unearthly mert Thunder now roared in tremendous peels through the pyramids shaking their enormous masses to the foundation and Vivid flashes of light darted round in quick

Succession edric stood AUST amidst this fearful convulsion of nature a horrid creeping seemed to run through every ve P every nerve feeling as though drawn from its extremity and wrapped in icy chillness around his heart still he stood immovable and gazing intently on the mommy whose eyes had opened with the

Shock and were now fixed on those of edric shining with Supernatural luster in vain edric attempted to Rouse himself in vain to turn away from that withering glance the mummy’s eyes still pursued him with their ghastly brightness they seemed to possess the fabled fascination of those of the rattlesnake and though

He shrunk from their gaze they still glared horribly upon Him edric’s senses swam yet he could not move from the spot he remained fixed Chained and immovable his eyes still riveted upon the mommy and every thought absorbed in horror another fearful peel of Thunder now rolled in lengthened vibrations

Above his head and the mommy Rose slowly his eyes still fixed upon those of edric from his marble tomb the Thunder peeled louder and Lou louder yells and groans seemed mingled with its Roar the sepulchral lamp flared with redoubled fierceness flashing its Rays around in quick succession and with Vivid

Brightness whilst by its horrid and uncertain glare edric saw the mummy stretch out its withered hand as though to seiz him he saw it rise gradually he heard the dry bony fingers rattle as it drew them forth he felt its tremendous gripe human nature could bear no more his

Senses were rapidly deserting him he felt however the fixed steadfast eyes of chops still glowing upon his failing orbs as the lamp gave a sudden Flash and then all was Darkness the Brazen Gates now shut with a fearful clang and edric uttering a shriek of horror fell senseless upon the

Ground whilst his shrill Cry of Anguish rang wildly through the marble vaults till its recho seemed like the yell of demons joining in fearful mockery how long he lay in this state he knew not but when he reopened his eyes for the moment he fancied all that had

Passed a dream as his senses returned however he recollected where he was and shuddered to find himself yet in that place of Horrors all now was dark except a faint gleam that Shone feebly through the half open Gates these ponderous portals slowly unclosed and the form of

A man wrapped in a large cloak and bearing a torch entered peering around as it Advanced as though half afraid to proceed edric’s feelings were were too highly wrought to Bear any fresh Horrors and he shrieked in agony as the figure approached the sound of his voice

Subdued the Terrors of the Intruder and the doctor for it was he shouted with joy as he rushed forward to embrace him edric edric thank God he is alive exclaimed he edric my beloved edric for God’s sake let us leave this den of Horrors come come reassured by his tutor’s voice

Edric arose and taking one Hasty shuddering glance around as the light gleamed on the sarcophagus he hurried out of the Tomb neither he nor the doctor spoke as they passed through the vesu where the Colossal figures still sat in awful Majesty indeed as their torches were extinguished their gigantic

Forms looked still more terrific than before from the wavering and indistinct light thrown upon them edric shuddered as he looked and hurried on with Hasty strides to the place where they had left the guide whom they found kneeling in a corner hiding his face in his hands and

Roaring out oh Lord defend us heaven have mercy upon us Lord have mercy upon us heaven have mercy upon us he has been in that state for more than an hour said the doctor mournfully for after I came to myself again I tried to Rouse him but all to no purpose

Then you also fainted said edric with difficulty compelling himself to speak why resumed the doctor with some hesitation I don’t know that you can exactly call it fainting but the fact was that when I saw you touch the plate upon the mommy’s breast and start back looking so horribly frightened I I

Thought I had better call for assistance so as I ran for that purpose somehow or other I fell down and lay insensible I don’t know how long when I came to myself however I tried to Rouse the guide and when I found I could

Not I came to seek you but now that we are both recovered I really don’t know what is to become of us for this fellow will never be able to show us the way out and I’m sure I don’t know the road let us try to find it at any rate said edric

Faintly oh for God’s sake take me too screamed the guide if you have any Mercy don’t leave me in this fearful Place take the light then and Lead the Way said edric the guide obeyed shaking every limb and every now and then casting a terrified look behind whilst

The quivering flame of the torch betrayed the unsteadiness of the trembling hands that bore it in this manner they proceeded starting at every sound and frightened even at their own Shadows without daring to stop till they reached the plane thank God cried the doctor the moment they they stepped out of the

Pyramid looking around him gasping for breath and inhaling the Fresh Air with Rapture thank God reiterated edric and the guide as they walked rapidly towards the place where they had left their balloon when arrived there however they looked for it in vain and fancying themselves under the influence of a

Delusion they rubbed their eyes and again looked but without success dear me it is very strange said the doctor this is certainly the place and yet where can it be where indeed repeated edric Horrors and unaccountable incidents Environ us at every step I am not naturally timid

Yet ah screamed the doctor as he tumbled over a man lying with his face upon the ground oh groaned he as edrick and the guide with difficulty raised him would to Heaven I was safe at home again in my own comfortable little study indulging on pleasing anticipations of that which

I find is anything in the world but pleasing in reality chapter 10 we left Dr inen in the last chapter uttering a very moral if not a very new exclamation on the vanity of human expectations which had scarcely escaped from his lips a cruel fate resolving not

To be accused in vain supplied him with yet more abundant cause for lamentation we have before mentioned that the doctor had stumbled as he quitted the pyramids and that his friends raised him from the ground but what was his consternation and dismay when on looking round to thank them he

Found he was surrounded by armed men who commanded him in the Royal name to surrender sadly did the doctor turn his woeful eyes upon edric but alas he was in the same predicament as himself and in spite of their entreaties they were marched off to prison without being at

All informed of what crime they had committed sadly passed the night and gloomy dawned the day upon the unfortunate Travelers whose Minds were harassed and bewildered by the extraordinary success of their awful experiment and whose misery was infinitely increased by the suspense they had to suffer both on account of

Their ignorance of the crime of which they were accused and its probable punishment if they should be found guilty soon after Daybreak however a summon for them arrived and they were conducted as criminals before the same magistrate who the day before had treated them with such officious kindness very different however was the

Solem judge who clothed in all the Insignia of magisterial dignity now s upon the bench from the easy good-tempered gentleman of the pyramids and The Unlucky Travelers saw in an instant that they were not likely to experience any favor from their previous acquaintance with him the court was

Thronged with people and the prisoners saw that they were regarded with curiosity Ming L with horror and Supernatural fear it is not agreeable to feel oneself an object of disgust to anyone and though edric magnanimously and frequently repeated to himself that it was quite indifferent to him what such

Ignorant wretches as Egyptians thought of him yet if he would have avowed the truth he would have been quite as well contented to have found himself the object of their admiration instead of their hatred and he would have been very glad to have been safely at home again

Whilst the doctor openly and loudly lamented the much regretted Comforts of his own dear delightful study at sir Ambrose’s little time however was allowed for reflection for as soon as the prisoners were placed at the bar their examination commenced so gentlemen said the Learned judge you stand convicted no I mean

Accused of a most horrible heinous and sacreligious offense an offense that makes our hair start with horror from our heads and every separate lock rise up inent Vance against you the Justice paused that the prisoners might admire his eloquence but alas such was the absorbing nature of self-love that they were only thinking

Of what was going to be done with them and to what this terrible exordium was likely to lead after a short pause edric supposing they were expected to speak addressed the judge and begged to know of what crime they were accused we are strangers said he and gentlemen

We were attracted to your country by an account of the Wonders it contained we declared our purposes openly we have affected no concealment and we have done nothing we need blush to avow a confused murmur ran through the court as he spoke expressive of the utmost disgust and apparance edric felt

Indignant and he looked round proudly as he added yes I repeat we have done nothing we need blush to avow and nothing derogatory to our characters as English men and gentlemen Sorcerers Wizards demons in Disguise cried the crowd down with them burn them Guillotine them destroy

Them is this fair is this generous asked edric if we have done wrong let our crime be proved and we are ready to submit to any punishment you may think proper to inflict but do not condemn us onard in England every man is deemed innocent until he be proved guilty you

Boast of having imported and improved upon all the useful regulations of the mother country and cannot surely have omitted her most glorious law let us then have a fair trial and God forbid that the course of Justice should be impeded you talk well sir said the judge

But it’s of no use here my chair sir is made of witch shelm and the whole court is lined with consecrated wood so you may take your familiars to another market for here they will Avail you nothing good God exclaimed edric ringing his hands what ignorance what gross

Superstition and yet in this man’s power are our lives oh oh said the judge who saw his despair though he did not exactly know the cause I have brought you to have I yes yes I tell you no incantations will be of any Avail here and so Clark call the

Witnesses the first person examined was the man who had been left in charge of the balloon and he deposed as follows why sir said he scratching his head as though he supposed wisdom dwelt in his fingers and that their touch might give a little to his brain your honor told me

To call out the posy comatus and set a guard of constables over the gentleman’s Whig gig but I thought as how seeing it was but a quer looking thing and not likely to tempt anybody to steal it I might as well save the gentleman from throwing their money away Upon A parle

Of idol fellows and keep watch over it myself and so get the reward instead of them observed the judge why your honor said the fellow grinning I thought they might give something that might do me some good but that it would be nothing amongst so many very true remarked the judge go on

Gregory well continued Gregory as I was sitting there thinking of nothing at all and somehow I believe I had fallen into a bit of a doze I heard a queer sort of a buzzing and I opened my eyes and there I saw the gentleman’s Whig buzzing and

Puffing like a steam engine on fire and I te misted oh the smoke I’ll take my oath I saw the mummy of King chops as plain as I see his worship there sitting in his throne oh groaned the horror struck Crowd Oh oh groaned the judge and

Jury yes continued the man I’ll take my oath if it was the last word I had to speak that I saw him there vomiting fire and his big eyes flaring like a fiery furnace oh groaned the judge crowd and jury a degree louder than before and then resumed Gregory

Something went whiz and off it all fled together like a flash of lightning oh shrieked the whole Court in a convulsion of horror some of the fair sex in particular screamed and covered their faces as though they feared the next exploit of The redoutable Magicians

Would be to blow up the court and send them all flying after the resuscitated mommy with your permission sir said edric as soon as the tumult had somewhat abated this proves nothing against either my friend or myself we are in fact injured by it and we have a claim against you instead of

Your being able to substantiate a charge against us we left our balloon containing valuable articles and money to a considerable amount in your charge or at least in the custody of a man whom you recommended when we quitted the pyramid we of course inquired for our balloon it

Had vanished and instead of making us amends for our loss you throw us into prison and tell us a wild extravagant story of The Disappearance of our property which no man in his senses can possibly believe another confused murmur though very different in its character from the

Former ran through the court on the conclusion of this speech and the judge if such an expression be not profane when speaking of a representative of Justice looked most excessively foolish had not your worship better call the other Witnesses whispered the clerk pitying The Dilemma of his

Principal true true said the lerus of Ang Egypt your observation is premature young man when the case has been proved against you it will be time enough for you to think of your defense edric bowed ascent and the examination continued the guide was the next witness well Samuel said the judge what

Do you know about this matter why sir replied Samuel ye see my Dame and I were sitting by the fire and we’d got a black in as we was going to have for our dinners and so says Dame I likes it cut in slices and fried and so says

I hold fellow cried the judge with great dignity don’t abuse the patience of the Court we have nothing to do with your Dame or the black pudding it is quite irrelevant to the matter now before us go on but Samuel could not go on and like his predecessor in the witness box he

Only Stood Still and scratched his head why don’t you speak fellow asked the Clark because I doesn’t know what to say replied Samuel you must tell all you know about this affair pered the clerk but I doesn’t know where to begin rejoined the perplexed witness his worship says it is not

Reverent begin with the pyramid said the judge and if you can give a clear account of all that happened after you left the old passage by the movable Block in the wall that was last discovered why I can’t say there was anything very particular happened as I

Know of Sir said Samuel after that till we got to the shaft and then we went down sir you know as we always does till we came to the tomb of King chops and then I turned the gentleman in by themselves as we always does for the

Fact as Parson snorm called PS it and then I sits me down at the Vault to wait for am and I just rolled myself up and was dozed asleep when I hear such a noise as if the pyramids were all coming tumbling about my ears so up I jumped

And rubbed my eyes for I did not know very well where I was and then I saw something that seemed to strike the Torches out of the hands of the two great sitting figures and put them out and then I saw a great tall figure come

Gliding by me and when he came up to the light I saw his great flaming eyes and then I felt upon my knees and he laid hold of my shoulder and griped it look your honor laying bare his shoulder as he spoke and showing the deeply indented marks of the Bony

Fingers of the mommy again a groan of horror and indignation ran through the court and when another witness proved that the sarcophagus of chops had been examined and was found empty the judge seemed to think it was a clear case and called triumphantly upon edric for his

Defense I I do not see that what has been proved said edric shuddering in spite of himself can affect either my tutor or myself these people say that a mummy has revived and quitting the pyramid in which he had been so long immured has flown away with our balloon but

Supposing the tale to be true what proof have you that we were at all implicated in the business we were in the pyramid it is true but so was also this man whom you have brought forward as a witness against us supposing it was the intervention of

Some human Aid that roused The Mummy from its tomb a fact by the way by no means proved why may not he be the agent instead of us what is there to fix the charge against us have we gained anything by the adventure have we not on the contrary

Been serious losers by it where is our balloon and the valuable articles it contained if we are Wizards it must be confessed that we are very foolish ones for we have lost our property Y and thrown ourselves into prison without reaping the smallest possible advantage and if we have the power you

Seem to attribute to us why do we stay here to be questioned when we might so easily fly away in a flame of fire or turn you all to statues and walk quietly off without your being able to follow us everyone shuddered and many turned pale at this speech seeming to fear that

Edric was about to put his suggestions into execution whilst the judge SE posed and in vast perplexity as to what he had better determine and the people were dreadfully afraid lest they might after all lose the edifying spectacle of a van aloa for which they had been so impatiently

Longing edric marked the hesitation of the judge and endeavored to improve it to his own Advantage for my part continued he I am a British subject and as such under the protection of my own Court my sovereign has a Consul here and to him I make my

My appeal I am neither ignoble nor unknown in my own country my name is montigue and I am brother to the celebrated general of the family whose victories no doubt have reached even this remote Province My Dear Mr montigue said the judge I really beg your pardon why did

You not acquaint me sooner with your dignity I dare say there is no Truth at all in the charge only assure me upon your honor that you did not touch the mummy and that you know nothing of what is come of it at present and I will

Instantly order you to be set at Liberty I certainly do not know what has become of it replied edri but no interrupted Dr inen coming forward with the air of a determined Mar I will not suffer such equivocation dot I would rather perish at the stake than

Disavow for a moment my opinions or betray the sacred interests of science with which I feel I am entrusted no sir my people cannot make the public declaration you require I know he would not and he cannot if he would on the contrary I avow the fact we came here

For the express purpose of endeavoring to resuscitate The Mummy of chops and I glory in the proud thought that we have succeeded a groan of horror yes sir I do not hesitate to avow openly that the grand object of my life for several successive years has been to detect in

What consisted the strange inex liable secret of life we live sir we die we are born and we are buried we know that time sickness or violence May kill us but who can say in what the mysterious principle of Life consists various theories have been broached with which no doubt a gentleman

Of your intelligence and extensive information is well acquainted and life has been successively stated to depend upon the heart the brain the circulation of the blood and the respiration of the lungs all however are fallacious the heart has been wounded and the brain has been removed and yet the patient has

Lived whilst the operations of respiration and circulation have been kept up for hours in a body from which the vital Spirit had departed weighing all these and divers other arguments in my mind it has struck me and indeed I may say that after mature deliberation I have confidently

Arrived at the conclusion that both the faculties which we call life and soul depend entirely upon the nervous system do not all philosophers agree that we receive ideas merely through the medium of the senses and can our senses be operated upon otherwise than through the influence of the nerves Ergo the

Nerves alone convey ideas and Sensations to the mind or rather the nerves alone are the mind not a single instance I believe is known in which life remained after the sensorium had been destroyed or even seriously injured what then can be more simple than to suppose life resides there

Pursuing this idea I have long been convinced that where the nervous system remained uninjured and the appearance of death was only occasioned by a suspension of the operation of the animal functions that life might be restored if by the intervention of any powerful agency the nervous system could

Be excited to reaction and as this of course could not be affected where any kind of decomposition had taken place it appeared to me that a mummy was the only body upon which the experiment could be tried with the least Prospect of success from various circumstances however it has never till

Now been in my power to realize my wishes on this head but for a few weeks past my people has entertained similar longings to myself and yesterday saw our hopes accomplished yes I flatter myself there cannot now remain a Shadow of Doubt to the world that in ordinary cases before

Decomposition has taken place that resuscitation is not only possible but probable and that dead bodies may be easily restored to life the horror and consternation produced by this extraordinary speech amongst the Anglo Egyptians who heard it far exceeded any human powers of description their Terror at what they considered as the doctor’s daring

Impiety being considerably augmented by their not understanding above on tenth part of what he said and when he had finished there was a dead pause which no one dared to interrupt till a sudden gust of wind happening to blow open the door of the Justice’s retiring room the

Terrified crowd fell back aast one upon another pale and trembling as though they absolutely expected his infernal Majesty to appear before them in propria Persona when Tranquility was in some degree restored the judge ordered the prisoners to be reconducted to prison after the dangerous and impious

Speech we have just heard said he it would be Madness to trust such suspected persons at large and yet I would willingly take time to consider the case and to ascertain whether this young man be indeed the person he represents himself as I own I should be sorry to

Inflict the full penalty of the law upon the brother of her Britannic Majesty’s commander-in-chief remonstrance was useless and the prisoners were again conducted to their dungeon where they were heavily Chained and left to ruminate upon the calamities that had befallen them far from agreeable were these meditations for edric was too

Angry with the doctor’s ill-timed cander to be inclined to speak and the doctor was too much ashamed of the effect already produced by his eloquence to wish to make any farther display of it at length as his eyes became accustomed to the faint glimmering light admitted into the dungeon he perceived the wall

To which he was chained was covered with hieroglyphics and endeavored to divert his shagrin by examining them I congratulate you sir said edric when he perceived this feeling rather indignant at his tutor’s coolness I congratulate you most sincerely upon your philosophy and most earnestly do I wish that I could imitate

It ah edric returned the doctor all men are not equally gifted with either the art of making blunders or forgetting them said edric pointedly these hieroglyphics are very curious observed the Doctor Who had his own reasons for not wishing to pursue the subject see how beautifully the ancient Egyptians worked in Granite the

Fine polish they contrived to give this hard substance would be perfectly astonishing if we did not recollect that they always edged their tools with Emerald dust humph said edric in a tone which seemed to imply and what does it matter to me if they did the doctor however was

Unabashed and continued you see as as usual the figure of the bull is frequently repeated here this wall is evidently built of stones gathered from some ancient ruin by the way edric I don’t think I ever explained to you why the ancient Egyptians chose aul as one

Of their deities or rather as their principal one you know that anciently the year began in Taurus though by the procession of the Equinox it has now Advanced past our ease well as the ancient Egyptians found that the sun began its career in Taurus what could be more natural than that they should

Identify a bull with the vivifying principle the same Theory May account for that legend of the calans which supposes the world to have been produced by a ball striking chaos with his horn which horn by the way was probably the origin of the Fable of Amalia or the Horn of

Plenty edric made no reply and the doctor dreading a pause which might give his pupil an opportunity of upgrading him went on though the Egyptians had a number of divinities they clearly woried only two VI the principles of Good and Evil Osiris Isis knf fath Horus and all their

Host of inferior deities were clearly types of the first and light and life were their Essence whilst Typhon cser and the malignant deities exemplified the second and their attributes were invariably darkness and death For Heaven’s Sake cried edri say no more upon the subject for it is not

In the power of language to describe the horror I have at the mere thought of anything Egyptian let us escape from this fearful country and I most sincerely hope nothing May ever happen to recall even its recollection to my imagination such and so changeable are the desires of human life said the

Doctor but a few short weeks since Egypt was the goal of your wishes and the prospect of reanimating a corpse oh do not mention it cried edric shuddering oh God how justly am I punished by the very fulfillment of my unhallowed hopes even now the fearful

Eyes of That Hideous mommy seem to glare upon me and even now I feel the gripe of its horrid bony fingers on my arm oh yes no doubt exclaimed the doctor he pinched hard he was a king and Kings should have strong arms you know for God’s sake do not justest upon such

A subject returned edric a subject so wild and fearful that I can still scarcely believe but that all which has passed was a dream if it be said the doctor it is one from which I freely avow I should be very happy to awake for I must confess

This prison is not at all to my taste and yet is it not your fault began edric reconation edric is always Folly interrupted the Doctor Who did not now feel very proud of the part he had acted before the magistrate nor very anxious to have it alluded to and instead of

Losing time in regretting past errors it is the part of a wise man to Endeavor to find means of remedying them and avoiding them in future agreed returned edri and as I presume you are now convinced your learning dissertation on the probable seat of human life was to say the least

Ill timed we will drop the subject but even if we get out of prison what is to become of us our money and valuables were all in the balloon and here we are in a foreign country entirely destitute not entirely edric not entirely cried the doctor a glow of

Satisfaction spreading itself again over his face no no I have guarded against that a what a thing it is to have foresight well some persons are certainly singularly gifted in that line and it is a happy thing for you that you have somebody to think for you see here

Displaying the things as he spoke here is a bed bolster and pillows ready for inflation a portable bedstead linen soap pens ink paper candles fire knives forks spoons and money all snugly packed up in my walking stick your supporter returned edric smiling as you used to call it and as it

Now seems likely to prove in more senses than one yes yes cried the doctor let us only get out of prison and all the rest will be easy but that only doctor of that we must take time to consider well it is some comfort that we

Are likely to be allowed time enough as my hint respecting the British Consul did not seem thrown away upon the judge oh doctor if you had not spoken why surely you would not have given him the Declaration he required there was no occasion he neither wished nor expected more than I

Had already said after what I had mentioned of my family he only wished a decent pretext for setting us at Liberty at any rate said the doctor by way of changing the subject you see my Doctrine is proved completely by the resuscitation of the mommy for it must

Have been perfectly restored to life and Consciousness or it could not have flown away with the balloon for my part returned edric I can scarcely believe what has occurred to be real there must be some deception and yet by whom can a deception have been practiced and for

What purpose in short I am quite bewildered the doctor being much in the same condition could only sympathize with his people and in this state we must leave them whilst we inquire respecting the mysterious object of their speculations The Mummy thus strangely recalled to life was indeed chops and horrible were the sensations

That throbbed through every nerve as returning Consciousness brought with it all the pounds of his former existence and renewed circulation thrilled through every vein his first impulse was to quit the Tomb in which he had been so long immured and seek again the regions of light and day

Instinct seemed to guide him to this for as yet a Mist hung over his faculties and ideas thronged in painful confusion through his mind which he was incapable of either arranging or analyzing when however he reached the plane light and air seemed to revive him and restore his scattered senses and

Gazing wildly around he exclaimed where am I what place is this me thinks all seems wondrous new and strange where is my father and where oh where is my Aro alas alas continued he wildly I had forgotten I hoped it was a dream a fearful dream for me thinks I have been

Long asleep was it indeed reality are all all gone and was That Hideous scene true those Horrors that still haunt my memory like a ghastly Vision speak speak continued he his voice rising in thrilling energy as he spoke speak let me hear the sound of another’s voice before my brain is lost in

Madness have I entered haes or am I still on Earth yes yes it is still the Earth for there the mighty pyramid I cause to be erected Towers behind me yet where is Memphis where my fors and palaces what a dark Smoky mass of buildings now surrounds me can this be

The once proud queen of cities oh no I see no palaces no temples Memphis is Fallen the mighty barrier that protected her Splendor from the waste of waters must have been swept away by the encroaching inroads of the swelling Nile but is this the Nile continued he

Looking wildly upon the river sure I must be deceived it is the Fatal River of the Dead no papine boats Glide smoothly on its surface but strange in vessels vomiting forth volumes of fire and smoke holy Osiris defend me where am I where have I been a misty Veil seems

Thrown upon the face of nature awake awake cried he with a scream of Agony Set Me Free I did not mean to slay him then throwing himself violently upon the ground he lay for some moments apparently insensible then slowly Rising he looked at himself and a deep unnatural

Shuddering convulsed his whole frame his sensations of identity became confused and he recoiled with horror from himself these are the trappings of a mummy murmured he in a hollow whisper am I then dead the next instant however he broke into a wild laugh of derision poor

Feeble wretch cried he what do I fear need I tremble in whose bosom dwells ever lasting fire no no let me rather Rejoice I cannot be more wretched why then should I dread a change I should rather welcome it with transport and bravely dare my fate at this moment the car of the

Balloon caught his eye ah what is that cried he I am summoned te the boat of heckit ready to Ferry me across the Marian Lake to learn my final Doom I come I come I fear no judgment my hell is here and striking his bosom leaped into the car and stamped violently

Against its sides at this instant Gregory awoke his Terror was not surprising the dried distorted features of the Mummy looked yet more hideous than before when animated by human passions and his deep Hollow voice speaking in a language he did not understand fell heavily upon his ear like the groans of fiends

Gregory tried to scream but he could not utter a sound he attempted to fly but his feet seemed nailed to the spot on which he stood and he remained with his eyes fixed upon the mummy gasping for breath while a cold sweat distilled from every pore in the meantime chops had

Stumbled over the Box containing the apparatus for making inflammable air and striking it violently had unintentionally set the Machinery in motion the pipes tubes and Bellows instantly began to work and the Indian Rubber bottle became gradually inflated till it swell to an enormous magnitude and fluttered in the air like an

Imprisoned bird beating itself against the massive walls to which it was still attached still it goes not cried chops again stamping impatiently the quick silver Vapor bottle had fallen beneath his feet and it broke as he trod upon it the vapor burst from it with inconceivable violence and ter ing the balloon from

Its fastenings sent it off through the air like an arrow darting from a bow chapter 11 in the meantime sir Ambrose montigue had been presented to the queen and the evening after his arrival in town he attended her drawing room the Splendor of the English court at this period defies

Description the walls of the room in which the queen received her guest were literally one blaze of precious stones and these being disposed in the form of bouquet wath and trophies were so contrived as to quiver with every movement these magnificent walls were relieved by a colonade of pillars of

Solid gold around which were twined wreaths of jewels fixed also upon elastic gold wires so as to tremble every instant the Throne of the queen was formed of gold filigree beautifully wrought richly chased and superbly ornamented whilst behind it was an immense plate of Looking Glass stretching the whole length and height

Of the apartment and giving the hole the effect of a fair Palace the carpet spread upon the floor of this Sumptuous Saloon was so exact in Imitation of green moss with exquisitely beautiful groups of flowers thrown carelessly upon it that a heedless spectator might have been completely

Deceived by the delicacy of their shape and richness of their coloring and have stooped to pick them up supposing them to be real the suit of rooms appropriated to dancing was equally Splendid and fitted up in the same manner save that the floors were painted to imitate the effect of the carpet and

Rows of trees were placed on each side hung with lamps this imitative Grove was so exquisitely managed that The Spectator could scarcely believe it artificial and the music for dancing proceeded from its leaves or from automatan Birds placed carelessly amongst its branches the dresses of the queen and

Her attendant were worthy of the apartment they occupied briaded silks cloth of gold embroidered velvets gold and silver tissues and gossamer Nets made of the spider’s web were mingled with precious stones and superb plumes of feathers in a profusion quite Beyond description the most beautiful of the female habiliments however were robes

Made of woven asbestos which glittered in the brilliant light like molten silver the ladies were all arrayed in loose trousers over which H drapery in graceful folds and most of them carried on their heads streams of lighted gas forced by capillary tubes into plumes flat Lee or in short any form the wearer

Pleased which Jets a few had an uncommonly chased and elegant effect the gentlemen were all clothed in the Spanish style with slashed sleeves short cloaks and large hats ornamented with immense plumes of ostrich feathers it being considered in those days extremely vulgar to appear with the head uncovered it would perhaps have been

Difficult to imagine more perfect models of male and female Beauty than those which now adorned the court of Queen Claudia for the B ideal of the painters fancy seemed realized nay surpassed by the noble living figures they collected the women were particularly lovely and as they stood gathered around their Queen all

Lightly threaded the Maes of the graceful dance dressed as above described their brows bound with circlets of precious stones and their glossy hair hanging in Rich luxuriant ringlets upon their Ivory shoulders they looked like a group of hores or the nymphs of Cersei ready with with sparkling eyes and witching voices to

Lure men to destruction Claudia was very handsome and though her countenance wanted expression her Noble figure and Majestic bearing well qualified her to play her part as Queen amongst this Bevy of beauties with becoming dignity there is something in the habit of command when it has been long enjoyed that gives an

Imposing Majesty to the manner which the penu great strive in vain to imitate and Claudia had this imperfection the consciousness of Beauty power and high birth swelled in her bosom and even when she wished to be affable she was only condescending she now however received sir Ambrose most graciously she gave him

Her snowy hand to kiss and addressed a few words of compliment to him which sank deep into his heart it is one of the Privileges of greatness easily to excite emotion one word of commendation from those above us far outweighs all the labored flattery of our inferiors thus the words of Claudia and

The warm praise she bestowed on Edmund gave the purest transport to his father’s heart and affected him so violently that he would have fallen at her feet had he not been supported by a young man who stood near him you seem faint sir said the youth

Will you permit me to lead you to a seat thank you thank you cried sir Ambrose gratefully accepting the propit aid and leaning on his youthful supporter as they left the Pres The Stranger carefully placed sir Ambrose upon a sofa under the harmonious trees we have already mentioned and as

He stood before him asking if he should procure him some refreshments sir Ambrose had full Leisure to survey his face and figure both were handsome in the extreme the youth seemed scarcely to have passed the age of Boyhood and his well-proportioned form displayed all the likeness and activity of Youth but wit

And Good Humor laughed in his bright blue eyes whilst animated features and an enchanting smile completed an ensemble which few bosoms were frozen enough to resist sir Ambrose was irresistibly pleased and longed to know to whom he was indebted for so much kindness but he felt too delicate to ask

The question in direct terms and there was nothing in the youth’s exterior to Mark decidedly to what rank in life he might belong he was handsomely dressed and his air and manner appeared slightly forign though this might be fancy arising from Sir Ambrose’s ignorance of the manners

And habits of the Court there also seemed something droll about him and the air with which he submitted to Sir Ambrose’s scrutiny was excessively comic is there anything I can do for you asked he at length when he thought the baronet’s Curiosity had had time to satisfy itself nothing replied sir Ambrose

But but you would like to know who I am said the stranger I own returned sir Ambrose blushing I would Fain know to whom I am so much obliged my name is Henry Seymour replied the youth I was born in Spain of English parents I am an orphan and in want and

Have been introduced to the queen in hopes of getting a place at court by one of Her Majesty’s physicians Dr Coleman I am quite ashamed said sir Ambrose that my Indiscreet curiosity that is that you should have thought I mean that I should have asked for in short interrupted the youth you

Think perhaps that I meant to call you rude by giving such a long account of myself but I always do so in similar cases it saves trouble sir Ambrose smiled you are a singular youth said he I should like to know you better and I returned the stranger should be

Proud to obtain the Friendship of Sir Ambrose monague and shall always reckon the day that introduced me to his notice as one of the happiest of my life a glow of pleasure spread over the animated features of the youth as he spoke and Sir Ambrose fancied his accent sounded slightly Irish convinced however

That he must be mistaken he did not remark it but only exclaimed know me then before the stranger had time to utter a reply the Duke of Cornwall and the princess’s rosabella and Elvira approached and prevented him from speaking how do you find yourself my dear friend said the dukee they told us

You were ill I have been slightly so returned sir Ambrose and I believe I should have fainted and paid my respects to my sovereign quite orientally if this gentleman had not saved me I am sure we are very much obliged to you sir said the Duke turning to the

Youth indeed we feel most grateful said Elvira The Stranger made a suitable reply and after a short conversation in which Dr Coleman joined the worthy gentleman having been also drawn to the spot by the report of Sir Ambrose’s illness he requested the favor of Elva’s hand for the

Dance that is a very nice young man said the Duke when he was gone to join the dancers I admire him much he deserves everything you can say in his favor returned Dr Coleman I have known him long and I love him as a son when Elva retired to her chamber

That night she sighed so often and so deeply that Emma who assisted at her toilet could not avoid remarking her uneasiness are you ill my dear mistress asked she in a tone of feeling what else can have produced this Sudden Change I am quite well said ilva again

Sighing why then do you sigh and look so thoughtful I was thinking of Lord Edmund indeed I did not think he had the power to make you sigh he has reason to feel flattered oh Emma I wish he were like Henry Seymour and who is Henry Seymour asked Emma

Smiling and beginning to suspect that she had been rather Hasty in fancying Lord Edmund had occasion to flatter himself on account of the princess’s Tess one of the most fascinating of human beings returned El Vera so gay and yet so tender he is not perhaps so regularly handsome as Edmund but he has

Such expressive features and his soul gives such animation to his countenance poor Edmund thought Emma but as she was too discreet to say so ala was not aware of the interpretation that might be put on what she was saying and she went on waving of the pleasures of the ball till

She was fairly in bed the following day was appointed for the triumphal entry of Lord Edmund and the greatest part of the night preceding it was passed by Sir Ambrose in the greatest agitation he could not sleep he rose several times from his bed in excessive anxiety to listen for the repetition of

Noises which he fancied he heard once he opened his window all was still his room looked into the garden of Mr montigue which as we have already mentioned sheld down to the temps and the calm Moonlight slept peacefully upon the tall thick trees and verdant lawn that spread

Before him the evening Breeze felt cool and refreshing but sir ambr side and a strange fear of something he could not wholly Define hung over him he again retired to bed and at length sank into a feverish and uneasy doze at Daybreak however a thundering of Cannon announced the arrival of the important

Day sir Ambrose started from his pillow at the first discharge and the solemn sound thrilled through every nerve as it peeled along the sky scarcely had its Echoes died upon the ear when another and another peel succeeded and the Heart of Sir Ambrose throbbed in his bosom

Almost to Suffocation as he s resting his head upon his hands and striving though ineffectually to stop his ears from the solemn sound which seemed to absorb his every faculty and strike almost with the force of a blow upon his nerves whilst he was still in this position father Morris entered the room

Come come sir Ambrose cried he are you not ready the queen has sent for us and the procession is just ready to set off sir Ambrose started he attempted to dress himself but his Trembling Hands refused to perform their office and father Morris and ablard were obliged to

Retire him and lead him down to join his friend the Duke who was waiting for him impatiently it has often been said that the anticipation of pleasure is always greater than the reality this however was not the case in the present instance as the brilliancy of Lord Edmund’s

Triumph was far greater than even the imaginations of the spectators had before dared to conceive the Duke sir Ambrose attended by father Morris found the individuals who were to compose the procession of the queen assembled in the extensive Gardens belonging to the superb Palace of Somerset house These Fine Gardens spreading their verdant

Groves along the banks of the river adorned by all the charms of Nature and art and enriched by some of the finest specimens of sculpture in the world were now crowded with all the beauty and rank of England who waiting for the arrival of their Sovereign formed an ensemble no

Other nation in the world could hope hope to imitate in the center walk appeared the superb Arabian charger of the queen led by his Grooms and magnificently caparisoned his Bridal was studded with precious stones and his hoofs cased in Gold whilst his blue satin saddle and housings were richly embroidered and

Fringed with the same metal the noble animal whose flowing Manner and taale swept the ground paced proudly along tossing his head on high and spanning the ground on which he TR as though conscious he should perform a conspicuous part in the grand pageant about to take place all now was ready

But yet Queen Claudia did not appear it is very strange but lately it is always so said Lord mayworth to Lord Gustav Montfort who had been for some time engaged in Earnest conversation with Father Morris Lord gustava started at the sound of his friend’s voice in some apparent confusion whilst father

Morris replied in his usual soft insinuating tones perhaps Her Majesty may be indisposed and have slept rather longer than usual most likely returned Lord mayworth yet it is strange the same thing should happen so often dot if you remember continued he again addressing Lord gustavis I made the same observation the

Morning of her last lvie indeed I have frequently made it lately and I have observed that she looks pale and languid here she comes at at any rate and for my part I think I never saw her look better said Dr Hardman who had now joined them and who not withstanding his

Violent politics was one of the Physicians of the Court the indolence of Claudia which indeed seemed daily increasing having induced her to overlook what another Sovereign would have resented Claudia did indeed look well and her dress suited well with her style of beauty her trousers and vest were of

Pale blue Satin in whilst over her shoulders was thrown a long flowing drapery of asbesto silk which hanging in graceful folds swept the ground as she walked along shining in the sun like a robe of woven silver on her head she wore a splendid Tiara of diamonds and in

Her hand she bore the Regal scepter surmounted by a dove and richly ornamented with precious stones thus gorgeously attired surrounded by the ladies of her household she issued from her Palace and whilst her kneeling subjects bent in Humble homage around her she mounted her Noble charger Cannon

Were now fired in Rapid succession the bells of every Church rang in Merry Peels and Marshall Music mingled in the clamor the palace Gates were thrown open and the procession poured from them along the streets where crowds of human beings bustled to and fro eager to catch a glimpse of the Sumptuous

Spectacle first Advanced a long double line of monks arrayed in sacerdotal pump and bearing immensely thick lighted tapers in their hands chanting Thanksgiving for the victory they were followed by Cher boys flinging incense from Silver vases that hung suspended by chains in their hands and chanting also their shrill trebles mingling with the

Deep Bas voices of the priests in Rich and mellow Harmony the queen next appeared her prancing Charger LED by Grooms whilst beautiful girls elegantly attired walked on each side of their Sovereign scattering Flowers in her par from fancy baskets made of rought gold behind the queen rode the ladies of her

Household and the principal Nobles of her Court the superb plumes of ostrich feathers in the large Spanish hats of the latter with their immense mustachios and open shirt collars giving them the air of some of V’s best pictures as they rode slowly along their Noble Arabians paced proudly and champed

The bit impatient of restraint the ladies of the Court superbly dressed in open litters next appeared born upon the shoulders of men splendidly clad in Rich liveries amongst these were Alva and rosabella these were followed by monks and boys as before but singing a somewhat different strain it was now a

Chant of glory and Triumph that swelled upon the ear for these proceeded the Duke and Sir Ambrose who the one as Uncle to the queen and the other as father of the expected hero occupied the post of the two venerable old men s handin hand in a Sumptuous car drawn by two Arabian

Horses and were followed by a large body of the Queen’s guards the costliness and variety of the dresses worn this day were quite Beyond description many of the ladies had turbin of woven glass whilst others carried on their hats very pretty fountains made of glass dust which being

Thrown up in little Jets by a small perpetual motion wheel sparkled in the sun like real water and had a very singular effect in this manner the procession Advanced towards black Heath Square said to be the largest and finest in the world where the meeting between the

Queen and her General was appointed to take place amongst the numerous balloons that floated in the air enjoying this magnificent spectacle was one containing father Murphy who had been prevented by a sprained ankle from joining in the procession and the family of Mr montigue and nothing could be more enthusiastic

Than their Delight as they look down upon the splendid scene below them few things indeed Could Be Imagined finer than the sight of this gorgeous cotage winding slowly along a magnificent Street supposed to be 5 Mi long leading from Black fr’s Bridge through Greenwich to Black Heath Sumptuous rows of houses or rather

Palaces lined the sides of this superb Street The Terraces and balconies before which were crowded with persons of all ages beautifully attired waving flags of different colors richly embroidered and fringed with gold whilst Fons of the choicest flowers hung from house to house we have already said the air was

Thronged with balloons and the crowd increased every moment these aerial machines loaded with Spectators till they were in danger of breaking down glittered in the Sun and presented every possible variety of shape and color in fact every balloon in London or the vicinity had been put in requisition and

Enormous sums paid in some cases merely for the privilege of hanging to the cords that attached the cars whilst the innumerable multitudes that thus loaded the air amused themselves by scattering flowers upon the heads of those who rode beneath besides balloons however a variety of other modes of convence

Fluttered in the sky some dandies bested aerial horses inflated with inflammable gas whilst others floated upon wings or glided gently along reclining gracefully upon aerial sledges the last being contrived so as to cover a sufficient column of air for their support as the procession approached the river the scene became still more animated

Innumerable barges of every kind and description shot swiftly along or glided smoothly over the sparkling water some floated with the tide in large boatlike shoes whilst others reclining on couch shaped cars formed of mother of pearl were drawn forward by inflated figures representing the deities or Monsters of the

Deep when the queen reached a spot near Grenich where through a spacious opening the river in all its glorious Majesty burst upon her she paused and commanded her trumpeters to advance and sound a flourish they obeyed and after a short pause were answered by those of Lord Edmund The Sound mellowed by the

Distances peeling along the water in dulet harmony delighted with this response once which announced the arrival of Lord Edmund and his troops at the appointed place the procession of the queen was again set in motion and in a short time arrived at black Heath the noble Square in which the

Meeting was to take place was already thronged with soldiers whilst every house that surrounded it was covered with Spectators no trees or Fantastical ornaments spoiled the simple Grandeur of this immense space the houses that surrounded it built in exact uniformity each having a peristyle supported by Corinthian pillars and a highly

Decorated facade looked like so many Athenian temples as the ctage of the queen entered the square the soldiers formed an opening to receive it and reverentially knelt on each side with reversed arms and bending banners as she passed in the center was Lord Edmund surrounded by his staff all

In polished armor for since an invention had been discovered of rendering still perfectly flexible it had been generally used in war Lord Edmund’s helmet however was thrown off and his fine countenance was displayed to the greatest Advantage as he and his officers threw themselves from their War seats to kneel before the

Queen Claudia also descended from her charger and as she stood in her glittering robes surrounded on all sides by her kneeling subjects she looked indeed their Sovereign with becoming dignity she addressed a few words of thanks and Commendation to to Lord Edmund as he knelt before her his thick

Dark brown hair falling in clustering curls over his Noble forehead his graceful figure was shown to the utmost Advantage by his closely fitting armor over which however upon the present occasion was thrown a short cloak of fine Scarlet cloth richly embroidered with gold and fastened in

Front by a cord and superb tassels made entirely of the same metal he looked a living personification of the God of War the queen raised him from the ground in the most gracious Manner and then turning to the still kneeling soldiers she made a short speech to them of the

Same nature as that which she had addressed to Lord Edmund after which again mounting her pulfrey she made Lord Edmund ride by her side and prepare to return to town Edmund’s quick I had discovered an exchanged looks of affection with his father and friends though the etiquette of his present

Situation did not permit him to do more and he now rode proudly by the side of the queen gracefully bowing to the assembled crowd as he passed along his heart beating with pleasure at the thought that his Triumph was witnessed by those most dear to him whilst his

Noble Arabian tossed his head and champed his bit as he pranced forward as though he also knew the part he was performing in The Splendid ceremony acclamations rent the sky as the procession Advanced and showers of roses were rained down upon the queen and her General from the balloons above

From which also Flags waved in graceful folds and flapped in the wind as the balloons floated along the sky everyone seemed delighted with the Grandeur of this Splendid pageant but no one experienced more pleasure than the occupiers of the balloon of Mr montigue even that oblivious gentleman

Himself was moved to exclaim that he never was more Enchanted in his life whilst the raptures of his spouse was so excessive that like the spectators of the Stag hunt on the lake of Kanani she was in imminent danger of throwing herself overboard in her ecstasy and

Clara clasped her hands together in all the transports of childish Delight her sparkling eyes and animated looks bearing ample witness to her gratification what shouting what A noise exclaimed Mr montigue I declare it puts me in mind of the acclamations in the time of Nero when the Romans shouted in concert and

Birds fell from the skies with the noise La papa is that true asked claraa AR and that’s a strange kind of a question said father Murphy and one I wouldn’t like a child of mine to be putting and why not asked Mr montigue somewhat indignantly because a child ought always

To bave what his father says before he hears him open his mouth how well the queen looks observed Mrs mon to whom the Reverend father’s remark was far from agreeable it was said a short time since that she had lost her appetite and could get no rest but I

Think she doesn’t seem to have much the matter with her now my nurse says she’s being poisoned cried claraa and that it would be no great matter if she was for then the people would have to choose a queen for themselves and they might make what terms they pleased with

Her and is this the kind of servant you suffer to attend on my daughter Mrs montigue demanded the indignant father roused from his usual lethargy by the importance of the occasion claraa shall go to a boarding school tomorrow and her nurse shall be dismissed my child shall not be taught to utter

Treason dear me Mr montigue replied the wife what a serious matter you make of a little harmless gossip gossip do you call it repeated her husband it is such gossip as might cost me my head and you your fortune if it were to reach unfriendly ears an awkward pause followed this

Speech which no one seemed inclined to break till Clara exclaimed dear me what a pretty horse my cousin Edmund rides I think that’s a prettier that comes after him said father Murphy what that one with his head hanging down and his Maness sweeping the ground asked Mrs

Montigue yes Dot and it’s a very handsome young man also that walks by the side of him replied father Murphy his hands are chained as if he were a prisoner and he looks like a foreigner observed Mr montigue who had relapsed into one of his fits of

Abstraction I wonder what can bring him there La Mr montigue how you talk exclaimed his wife you know my nephew Lord Edmund has just gained a battle and what can be more natural than that he should have taken prisoners true rejoined Mr montigue with the utmost navit I never thought of

That Ark and it’s a barbarous custom that of putting chains about the hands of the prisoners said father Murphy as if it was not bad enough to be a prisoner without looking like one poor fellow cried claraa I should like to go and let him loose he looks very

Melancholy how great my nephew Lord Edmund looks continued Mrs montigue I decare it he were a real king he couldn’t have a grander appearance and then to see the poor old gentleman his father my brother-in-law sir Ambrose sitting there hand inhand with the Duke of Cornwall himself I

Declare it does my heart good to look at them whilst Mrs montigue was thus exalting in the reflected Grandeur that Shone upon her from being sister-in-law to the person who sat hand inhand with the Duke the joy and Delight of that exalted personage had been almost as great as her

Own his impatience during the whole procession from London had been excessive and the moment he saw Edmund he rubbed his hands in ecstasy and jumping up in his seat almost overturned sir Ambrose who was also bending forward eagerly gazing upon his son there there he is cried the duuk look how handsome

He is oh the young Rogue there will be many a heart loss today I warrant me look at him how the color comes into his cheeks as the queen speaks to him look now he helps her on her horse and now see his looking round for us there I

Caught his eyes see sir Ambrose don’t you see him surely you are in he crying my old friend why you’ll make me as great a fool as yourself God bless him I am sure I don’t know anything we have to cry it but we are too old simpletons father Morris who who had

Joined A procession of monks was almost as much affected as his Patron indeed his affection for Edmund seemed the only human passion remaining in his aesthetic breast cold even to frigidity in his exterior father Morris seemed to regard the scenes passing around him but as the moving figures of a Magic Lantern which

Glittered for a moment in glowing colors and then vanished Into Darkness leaving no Trace behind whilst he unmoved as the wall over which the gudy but shadowy pageant had passed saw them alternately vanish and reappear without the slightest emotion being excited in his mind under this statue likee appearance

However father Morris concealed passions as terrific as those which might be supposed to throb in the breast of a demon though never did his self-command seem relaxed for a moment but when the interests of Edmund were in question on the present occasion however Joy swelled in his bosom almost to

Suffocation as he raised his eyes to heaven and ringing his hand hands together exclaimed oh it is too too much there is something indescribably affecting in seeing strong emotion expressed by those who are generally calm and unimpassioned and Sir Ambrose by whom this burst of feeling from his

Confessor was quite unexpected gazed at him with the utmost surprise and strange to tell though the monk had now lived nearly 20 years under his roof it was the first time he had seen his head completely uncovered father Morris cowl had now however fallen off entirely and

Displayed the head of a man between 40 and 50 whose fine features bore the traces of what he had endured his Noble expressive brow seemed wrinkled more by care than age and his Sable locks had evidently become grizzled here and there prematurely sir Ambrose gazed upon Him intently for the peculiar expression of

His features seemed to recall some half forgotten circumstance to his mind dimly obscured however by The Mist Of Time the earnestness with which he consequently regarded the monk seemed at length to recall the latter to himself he started and whilst a deep Crimson flushed his usually sow countenance he hastily resumed his cowl

And appeared again to the eyes of the spectators the same cold unimpassioned abstracted being as before the evation had now nearly reached black Fryer’s bridge at the entrance to which a triumphal Arch had been erected the moment the queen and her heroic General passed under it a

Small figure of Fame was contrived to descend from its in tabure and hovering over the hero to drop a laurel Crown upon his head shouts of Applause followed this well-executed device and the passengers in the balloons wondering at the noise all pressed forward at the same moment to ascertain the cause of

Such continued acclamations the throng of balloons became thus every instant more dense some young City apprentices having hired each a pair of wings for the day and not exactly knowing how to manage them a dreadful tumult ensued and the balloons became entangled with the winged Heroes and each other in inextricable

Confusion the noise now became tremendous the conductors of the balloons swearing at each other the most refined Oaths and the ladies screaming in concert several balloons were rent in the scuffle and fell with tremendous Force upon the Earth whilst some cars were torn from their supporting ropes and others roughly

Overset luckily however the Hall of England was at this time so completely excavated that falling upon the surface of the Earth was like tumbling upon the parchment of an immense drum and consequently only a deep Hollow sound was returned as cargo after cargo of the demolished balloons struck upon it some

Of them indeed rebounded several yards with the violence of the shock amongst those who fell from the Great height and of course rebounded most violently were the unfortunate individuals who composed the party of Mr montigue an unlucky Apprentice having poked his right wing through the silk of their balloon in endeavoring to avoid

The charge of an aerial Horseman who found his eoli and Ste too difficult to manage in the confusion the car containing our friends was in consequence precipitated to Earth so rapidly as for the moment to deprive them of breath AR and I’m killed entirely cried father Murphy Oh My

Bonnet my beautiful Bonnet sobbed Mrs montigue whilst Clara dreadfully frightened began to cry and Mr montigue whose ideas were generally a long time traveling to his brain particularly upon occasions of sudden alarm stood completely silent stupidly gazing about him as though he had not the least notion what could possibly have happened

Indeed it was not till a full hour afterwards that he found himself sufficiently recovered to exclaim dear me I do think we were very near being killed in the meantime the confusion in the s still continued piercing screams that demons were in the air mingled horribly with the crashing of balloons

The cries of the sufferers and the successive falling of heavy weights the situation of the crowd below however was infinitely worse than that of those above the momentum of the falling bodies being fearfully increased by the distance they had to descend those Below had no chance of escape and were

Inevitably crushed to death by their weight whilst the agonizing shrieks of the unfortunate wretches who saw their danger coming from a distance yet were so jammed together in the crowd that they could not fly rang shrilly upon the ear and pierced through every heart at this moment a dreadful scream

Ran through the crowd and the horse of Queen Claudia his Bridal broken his housings torn his nostrils distended and his Sid streaming with Gore rushed past oh God the Queen the queen burst from every voice and one General Rush took place towards the spot from when the cry had

Proceeded beneath the triumphal Arch and partially sheltered by its shade lay the bleeding body of Claudia supported by Edmund by her side nelt rosabella who assisted by father Morris was applying restoratives whilst Henry Seymour was endeavoring to restore Alva who had fainted in the arms of her father and

Sir Ambrose his face streaming with blood stood at a little distance amongst a group of courtiers several of whom had also experienced severe injuries the tumult in the air still continued groans and shrieks and exclamations that the atmosphere was supernaturally haunted were heard in many places and some persons declared

The accident to be the work of demons a current of wind had blown those balloons that had become unmanaged ible across the city while the others terrified almost to Madness appeared still contending with some fearful monster in the sky the courtiers however he did not this disturbance for all their attention

Was occupied by the Apparently expiring Queen whose long-drawn size and convulsed bosom seemed to threaten her instant dissolution she’s gone cried Lord gustavis de Monfort as her bosom heaved with a deep heavy sigh and then all was still yes she’s dead repeated Lord noodle she is certainly dead reiterated Lord

Doodle and then these Sapient counselors of the Apparently departed Queen shook their wise heads in sympathy hush she breathes cried Lord Edmund for some moments the courus stood in Breathless anxiet watching the body and fearing to move lest they should break the awful silence that prevailed though their hearts throbbed till the

Pulsations were almost audible fearful was the pause that now ensued all were suffering from the torments of Hope or fear for all knew that the interests of the whole Community hung upon her breath most of the courtiers also either hoped to gain places or feared to lose them whilst all

Trembled at the uncertainty that seemed to rest upon their future Destiny and the prospect of the Anarchy which the purposed mode of electing their future Sovereign might create the interest which the fate of the queen excited was thus intense and the courtiers hung over her body with streaming eyes and

Motionless limbs to watch the result at this instant a fearful and tremendous yell ran through the air and the car containing the mummy which had been for some time entangled with the other balloons fell to the ground with tremendous force close to the expiring Queen the gigantic figure of chops

Started from it as it fell his ghastly eyes glaring with unnatural luster upon the terrified courtiers who ran screaming in agony in all directions forgetting everything but the horrid Vision before them chapter 12 the tumult had now nearly subsided the late busy crowd had flown uttering shrieks of horror and dismay

And of all the countless mass of human beings that had So lately thronged around none now remained but Edmund and father Morris who supported Claudia and the Juke and Henry Seymour who still remained near the insensible form of el Vera the eyes of all being chained as

Though by Magic upon the horrid Vision before them whilst they pale and immovable as the sculptured marble of the Tomb waited in fearful expectation of what was next to happen and scarcely dared to move or breathe the solemn silence that prevailed being only broken by the convulsive gasps of the expiring

Queen an awful change from The Busy hum of thousand which had So lately filled the air where am I exclaimed chops gazing wildly around his deep sepulcral voice thrilling through every nerve where is Aso where is she they seiz her they tear her from me curses on the wretches May

Typhon’s Everlasting Vengeance pursue them with its Fury and may their hearts Wither nwed by the Never Dying snake the mommy nashed his teeth as he spoke and the Gloom that gathered on his dark brow grew black as night all shuddered as that horrid glance of Eternal hatred seemed to freeze their

Blood they turned away involuntarily and when they looked again the Spectre had disappeared the shattered remains of the balloon lay before them for happening to cross London just at the moment of the greatest confusion it had become entangled in the crowd and not withstanding the strong material of

Which it was composed had been rent aunder in the scuffle and had fallen with its fearful occupier to the ground good God cried father Morris after a short pause what a horrid Vision what can it mean it seemed an Egyptian mummy said Edmund shuddering and it spoke that

Language but what can have resuscitated it what human power can have recalled to life a being so long ured in the silent tomb perhaps the vehicle he came may contain something to explain the mystery said Henry Seymour at this moment several persons ran past screaming with Terror and

Exclaiming that they had seen a demon when the confusion excited by these trembling fugitives had a little subsided a few of the courtiers began also to make their appearance and returned to their posts near the queen but all were pale and they started at every sound seeming ready at the least

Alarm to take flight again as expeditiously as before Claudia still lay insensible her heaving chest and deep convulsive sobs for breath alone betraying signs of life but her fate no longer excited the Deep overwhelming interest it had done before Whispers of Wonder and superstitious horror mingled with the hopes and fears

Inspired by her danger and her removal to the Palace was almost regarded with indifference so completely were the minds of men occupied by the strange spectacle they had so lately witnessed everyone indeed neither thought nor spoke of anything but the mommy and a thousand rumors each more extravagant than the last spread from

Mouth to mouth respecting it men stood in groups whispering to each other and scarcely daring to stir without a companion nay even then creeping from place to place looking cautiously around and starting at every noise as though they feared the awful visitor was returned whilst the sages of the country

Grave shook their heads and declared that what had taken place was evidently a visitation from heaven in punishment of the sins of mankind an indefinable presentiment of evil hung over the spirits of all Gloom indeed spread through every class of society all dreaded they knew not what

And all shrunk with horror from the thought of Supernatural agency there is an invincible feeling implanted by nature in the mind of man which makes him shudder with disgust at anything that invades her laws the body of the queen being removed attended by her Physicians and the

Ladies of her household the rest of the assembled courtiers gathered around the balloon and exclamations of Terror and surprise broke from their lips when they discovered it to be the same in which edric and Dr inen had so short a time before taken their departure for Egypt

The whole truth now seemed to flash upon them I thought how it would be said Lord mayworth you know I told you Lord gustavis that in my opinion it was an expedition that could never possibly do any good but you were of a different belief my Lord returned Lord gustavis

Solemnly thinking as I think and as I am convinced everyone who hears me must think or at least ought to think it is my deliberate opinion that the expedition of my youthful friend and his learned tutor was both admirably planned and well concocted and that if it have

Failed in its ulterior object it has been solely owing to some of those unforeseen events which sometimes do occur even in the best regulated arrangements and which it was utterly impossible for any human ability entirely to ward off an avert edric’s balloon impossible cried sir Ambrose rushing forward to ascertain the fact

And forgetting all his anger against his son in his anxiety for his fate yes yes continued he looking at some of the things as they were drawn forth and exhibited by different persons in the crowd those were edric’s books that was his desk oh my son my son what has become of

Him many sympathized with the unfortunate father and more eagerly questioned each other as to the probable meaning of what they saw no one however could give any explanation and all was confusion and dismay the bosom of Edmund after the first moment of exitation had passed was racked with anguish too

Bitter to allow him to feel curious even to know his brother’s fate but a few hours before love and Fortune seemed to unite in showering their choicest blessings upon his head and now he was the most wretched of mankind for if Claudia died rosabella or elvera must be

Queen and if Elva should be chosen all hopes of becoming her husband must be lost oh God cried he striking his forehead in agony why was I reserved for this why did I not perish fighting the battles of my country and why was I saved only to be mocked with the hope of

Happiness which just as it seemed within my grasp flies from me forever wretch that I am would that I had been never born or at least had died in my nurse’s arms and thus escaped the tormenting pangs that now drive me to distraction whilst Edmund thus raved the

Eye of rosabella followed his every movement and seemed with a fiend-like pleasure to exalt in his agonies I am Avenged thought she he now feels what I have so often suffered but this is not all he must be probed to the quick air he can know the bitter Vengeance of a woman

Scorned whilst these violent emotions were convulsing the bosoms of All Around The Old Duke knelt by the side of Elva gazing upon her with the most intense anxiety her gentle and feminine nature had been over powered at seeing the blood of Claudia and she still lay insensible looking more exquisitely

Lovely than fancy can conceive the beauty of el Vera was of the most soft and feminine description long silken eyelashes shaded her dark hazel eyes and gave them an expression more voluptious than brilliant whilst nothing could exceed the delicacy of her complexion or the beauty of her full Rosy lips the

Figure of ela might not have served as the model of a courageous heroine but it would have suited admirably for in hor and lovely as she always was she had perhaps never looked more so than at this moment as the returning blood softly retinted her cheeks and her eyes gradually

Unclosed Lord Edmund gazed upon her till maddened by the thought that he must lose her forever he could no longer endure his own Sensations and darting amongst the crowd he endeavored to fly from the world and from himself the Duke on the contrary saw the rec y of his daughter with unalloyed

Transport for though he loved Edmund and wished to have him for a son-in-law he was by no means insensible to the prospect of seeing his daughter a queen and his breast throbbed with violent emotions which had long been a stranger to it in the meantime The Mummy had stalked

Solemnly through the city urged more by Instinct than design the Mist that still clung over him making him seem like one wandering in a dream yet still he Advanced his path like that of a destroying Angel spreading consternation as he went and all he met flying horror stricken from his sight many however

When the monster had passed crept softly back to gaze after him and amongst this number was Mrs montigue in whose breast curiosity that Vice of low Minds reigned predominant the whole family had reached home in perfect safety the lady herself hurrying her return the moment the accident of the queen was made made

Known lest as she said in the confusion that might ensue her servants might be induced to leave her house and some evil disposed personages might strip it of its contents urged by this prudent motive Mrs monague had hastened home and finding all safe was just about to retire to rearrange her disordered dress

When one of the servants rushed into the room with the account of a fearful Spirit having been seen in the Strand whose mysterious appearance coupled with the singular accident that had happened to the queen seemed to portend some Dreadful Calamity that was about to fall upon the

Country what is it like asked Mrs montigue have you seen it evina oh yes cried the panting girl its eyes flare like fire and it stares so wildly around it and as it went along it saw a dead cat lying in the street and it knelt down and took the creature up

And kissed it and lamented over it in such a strange way and in such a strange language I never heard anything like it in my life oh dear I should like to see it cried Mrs montigue flying to the door and holding it half open to secure a retreat in case of

Necessity just as she reached the street however fate as though willing to gratify her curiosity occasioned the mommy to turn back and with that kind of half pleasure and half pain with which the good people of England sometimes Delight to gaze upon anything horrible Mrs montigue continued to look as it

Rapidly approached her dwelling till as it reached the door to her infinite horror it stalked towards it all struck and trembling Mrs montigue retreated the mommy followed her he stretched his hand out to her she shrunk back a gas from his touch lead on cried he with a voice

Of Thunder Mrs monu could bear no more and she fled screaming to The Parlor where her husband was already lost in some of his beloved calculations absent as Mr montigue generally was however he was roused by this unexpected intrusion and the blood ran chilly through his veins as he saw

The tall Majestic figure of Chop’s stride across the apartment his athletic stature his dark swarthy complexion and his strongly marked features aided by the fearful luster of his piercing eyes gave to his figure SED as it yet was in the vestments of the Grave a supernatural Grandeur that thrilled red through every

Nerve of Mr monu’s frame and he shrunk back with horror as his fearful guest stalked past him chops saw his Terror and smiled in proud disdain as he threw himself upon a couch placed near a window looking upon the garden which as we have before stated sheld down to the river there he

Lay his eyes fixed upon the Majestic temps whilst mister and Mrs montigue gazed with trembling Limbs and PID lips at their strange guest without daring either to approach or disturb him thus have I watched the Nile said chops his awful voice sounding as from the tomb whilst the gently Rising Waters

Have gradually swelled into the flood which was to pour joy and plenty over the land and thus too have I lame gazing upon its streams when the purpose of all bounous nature having been fulfilled it has sunk back slowly retiring to its natural bed but oh how different were

The feelings that then throbbed in my breast to the corroding fire that now consumes me oh Osiris what horrid thoughts flash through my brain they come like overwhelming floods pouring from Heaven to the great deep sweeping all before them in one Mighty ruin dot o ASO by the fou rights of Typhon there’s

Madness in the thought then springing from the couch his eyes glared with yet fiercer brilliancy as he flashed them round whilst Mr and Mrs monague terrified beyond the power of expression flew towards the door eyeing the Motions of their dangerous guest with feelings of unspeakable horror the storm of passions

In the breast of chops however though tremendous seemed soon laay for a many moments had elapsed he sank again upon the couch in a kind of Lethy which if it were not Slumber seemed at least to imply a temporary Sensation from pain thank God whispered Mr mon

As he motioned to his wife to creep out of the apartment she tremblingly obeyed and the moment she thought herself in safety she threw herself upon her knees and thanked god with more fervor than she had ever done before in her whole life whilst the servants who were all assembled in the

Anti- room crowded around her trembling and with PID cheeks and white lips clustering together like Beast swarming round their Queen oh Madam Madam exclaimed Angela Lena in a whisper what will become of us Aus moisture transuded from every pore in my body with the chilliness of death and my very hair erects itself with horror upon my head and my heart throbs with such violence said Cecilia that the whole arterial system seems

Deranged it is evidently an Egyptian mommy observed Mr monague and as he seldom spoke every word he uttered was listened to as an oracle it’s language and its dress bespeak its origin but by what strange event it has been resuscitated at this moment a sharp knock at the door made the terrified

Servants all spring closer together clinging to each other in an Agony of nervous horror and not one daring to approach the door the knocking and ringing however at length became so violent as to Rouse even Mr montigue to give the clamorous Intruder entrance it was father Morris and Sir Ambrose

Oh my dear brother cried the latter panting for breath have you heard the news the strangest Vision has appeared and the queen is certainly dying everyone says it is a demon what the mommy asked Mr montigue have you heard of it then said sir Ambrose eagerly it is now in this house cried

Mrs montigue in this house repeated her brother-in-law whilst father Morris who had looked pale and exhausted when he entered the hall became still paler and looked scarcely able to support himself to Arms cried chops from the Inner Room the P are upon us cowards that we are the enemy are at our

Gates screaming and scarcely knowing where they went the terrified servants tumbled over each other in the hastiness of their Retreat huddling themselves together in a heap yet keeping their eyes fixed upon the door from which they expected the Spectre to appear as though Charmed by the fascination of a

Rattlesnake a loud crash now produced a fresh scream then all was still after a long pause which seemed of endless duration father Morris evidently with a dreadful effort roused himself and advanced death itself is not so horrid as this suspense said he as he resolutely threw open the door of the

Room which had contained The Mummy and entered it it was empty but the broken framework of the window seemed to point out in what Manner the awful visitor had made his exit it was with infinite difficulty that Mrs monague could be persuaded to return to the room and when she did the

Remainder of the day was passed by her and every inhabitant of her mansion in fear and trembling when they spoke it was in Whispers And when they moved they crept along with stealthy noisess steps as though they feared the echo of their own footsteps the eyes of all fixed timidly

Upon the broken window through which the fearful stranger had disappeared slowly and heavily the hours rolled on till the time appointed for dinner arrived the servants as they served the meal looking timidly around instead of regarding the dishes They carried in their hands and the family scarcely daring to eat and only speaking

In Whispers whilst they started every moment fancy seeing the wild eyes of chops again glared upon them and his deep Hollow voice again rang in their ears and their own tones sounded strangely horar and unnatural nothing however had terrified Mrs montigue so much as the laugh of chops strange wild and unearthly it

Still seemed to ring in her ears like the yell of a demon whilst if anything that happened chaned to recall the appalling sound her limbs shook in every joint her teeth chattered in her head teror blanched her lips and cheeks to a ghastly paleness and she seemed every

Instant upon the point of rising from her seat and flying shrieking from the room in the meantime the sensations these extraordinary events had created amongst the people were Indescribable strange rumors and contradictory reports were circulated and the most incredible stories invented of all that had passed the minds of men

Became bewildered they knew not what to credit nor what to think a gloomy presentiment hung over them they seemed to feel some fearful change was at hand but scarcely knew what to Hope or what to fear business was at a stand people indeed gathered together in the shops

But it was only to whisper secretly to each other strange mysterious stories of the late marvelous events which they dared not breathe in public the extremes of ignorance and civilization tend alike to produce credulity and the wildest and most improbable stories were as greedily swallowed by the most enlightened people

In the world as they could have been even by a horde of uncultivated Barbarians the family of Mr montigue retired early to rest at the close of the eventful day we have been speaking of hoping to lose in sleep the remembrance of the harassing events they had So lately witnessed Lord Edmund had

Returned soon after The Disappearance of the mommy but he had locked himself in his chamber and had refused to see anyone his mind being too much agitated for him to endure the common forms of society all was soon quiet throughout the Mansion it was midnight when a tall

Figure wrapped in a large cloak appeared slowly gliding with cat-like steps through the garden of Mr montigue it cautiously avoided the light and crept along the shadiest walks and thickest allies carefully shrouding itself from observation and endeavoring by availing itself of the shelter of the trees the better to conceal its

Movements it has been already stated that the garden of Mr monague was only separated from that of the Duke by a Terrace very little used the door indeed leading to it from Mr monu’s premises had been so long closed up as to be nearly forgotten and yet it was towards

This unfrequented spot that the mysterious figure directed its course the long neglected door slowly opened and the stream of light it admitted was obscured For a Moment by a passing shade and then all seemed dark silent and mysterious as before it certainly went the way said a

Voice the preciseness of which marked it as belonging to a blad and it was a real tangible material form as I saw its shadow intercept the light when the door was opened and it passed through it is quite impossible cried evina one of Mrs monu’s housemaids who having been induced by the inconstant

Butler to take a ramble with him by Moonlight had also witnessed this strange Apparition you must be mistaken Mr ablard for that door has not been opened this age it is even nailed up as you may see yourself if you examine it it is very strange said a blad after

He had tried the door and found it immovable I certainly saw it open it must have been an optical delusion Mr ablard said evina the retina of the eye is sometimes strangely affected and represents objects quite different to what they really are I must consult father Morris about

It tomorrow resumed the but for it was certainly the mommy Spectre La do you think so Mr ablard said evina turning pale why then didn’t you speak to it I will if it comes again returned ablard oh there it is cried evina and the worthy pair flew back to the house

Screaming in concert and without once daring to look behind them scarcely however had the last echo of their footsteps died away upon the ear when the figure emerged from the recess in which it had Lin concealed and again crept slowly towards the door leading into the garden of the

Duke his maranne cried he pausing for a reply but all was still maranne repeated he still louder fools ads idiots continued he stamping violently as he still found his call of no avail they have kept me so long with their curses Folly that she is gone Eternal misery

Haunt them for their officious babbling by Heaven if they had had the sense to climb the wall I had been lost but hark she comes the door now slowly opened and a female figure holding a light appeared how is she cried the stranger better returned the

Female then it is past the power of man to kill her resumed the first and rushing wildly past her he buried himself in the deepest recesses of the Grove chapter 13 father Morris when ablard and evina confessed to him the following morning the strange Spectre they had witnessed

Treated the whole as the mere vision of their heated imaginations and refusing to listen to any of their surmises respecting it prepared to attend the queen who finding herself sufficiently recovered to be able to attend to the duty of religion had from the general reputation of his Superior sanctity sent

For him to confess her her majesty indeed seemed rapidly improving and the hopes of Edmund Reviving with her health he passed every eye he could abstract from the duties of his station at the feet of his adored olva his love for whom seemed increased by the imminence

Of the danger he had just escaped of losing her forever in this manner several days had passed and the strange visit of the mommy and the accident of the queen had already taken their place on the Shelf with the other event’s passay of the day when one morning sir Ambrose was

Startled by an Earnest message from the Duke of Cornwall entreating him to come to him without delay sir Ambrose immediately obeyed the summons and found the Duke walking up and down his study in a state of the greatest agitation which father Morris was vainly endeavoring to tranquilize oh my beloved friend

Exclaimed the duuk springing forward and grasping the baronet’s hand the moment he saw him approach my dear sir Ambrose Claudia is no more dead cried sir Ambrose involuntarily looking at father Morris whose aspect however still preserved only its usual cold and statue-like appearance are you sure that she is dead

I thought she was better so we all did said the Duke but alas we deceived ourselves for father Morris has just seen her expire oh where is Edmund why is he not with you what will become of him it will destroy him to lose El Vera and I too that have felt

So proud in the expectation of his becoming my son-in-law oh it will break my heart oh cried father Murphy who was also present and if that’s the case why don’t you let rosabella take the crown at once and make no more fuss about it and yet continued the juk I cannot bear

That Elva should be deprived of her right she would so become a crown and with her inflexible sense of justice and desire for improvement she would do so much good that I should not feel justified in depriving the country of such a sovereign thus said father Morris

Smiling do we deceive ourselves you are ambitious whilst you think that you are only just believe me if you consult Elvira’s real happiness you will not impose upon her the Troublesome duties of a crown she will make a better wife than a queen for her gentle nature is

Less fitted to command than to obey rosabella has more firmness I do not agree with you father said sir Ambrose in my opinion El Vera is infinitely better fitted to be a queen than rosabella for her passions are more under the control of reason that is to say resumed the monk

Sneeringly they have not yet been called into play what do do you mean father began the Duke nothing that could give you offense my Lord returned the priest disgusted myself with the world I naturally thought the princess most likely to find happiness where I seek it myself viz in

A life of quiet and retirement enough said the dukee but where is Edmund let us seek him no doubt he is with El Vera poor things we must spoil their billing and cing Edmund was with il Vera and was passionately urging his suit whilst she engaged with her embroidery frame

Listened with a half abstracted mind and Emma dutily waited behind her chair you do not love me said he or you could not answer with such provoking coldness indeed I do Edmund but you are so unreasonable I have already told you I have no idea of that passionate

Overwhelming love you appear to feel it absolutely terrifies me and I am sure it is not natural to my character dot this silk is too dark Emma and so Edmund if you feel you cannot be happy with such love as it is in my power to bestow we

Had better determine at once to separate good God exclaimed Edmund striking his forehead violently with his clenched hand how coldly you talk of our separation what can I do I try everything in my power to please you Emma give me my scissors but since you will not hear reason reason cried Edmund fiercely

Seizing her arm and then letting it go again if you talk of reason you will drive me distracted you quite terrify me with your violence Edmund said Elva rising and preparing to quit the room oh stay stay my adored Elva exclaimed Lord Edmund throwing himself upon his knees and catching her hand For

Heaven’s Sake stay pardon my impetuosity frown upon me treat me with coldness disain or contempt but do not do not leave me I do not know what you wish I have repeatedly told you I am ready to become your wife whenever our parents think fit and that I will do everything in my

Power to make you happy do you call that coldness I do I do indeed freezing insulting coldness oh Elva I would rather see you Spar me hear you declare you hated me or know that you doomed me to destruction then he you speak of our marriage in the calm unv very

Tone how unreasonable you are said Al Vera smiling hear him Emma is he not a singular being and if I find it so difficult to please him now what must I expect when I become his wife tormenting girl exclaimed Edmund you know your power but too well what ridiculous creatures these

Lords of the creation are said El Vera playfully holding out her hand to Edmund though she still affected to address Emma I really don’t think any of them know what they would have and I believe the only way to manage them is to make oneself perfectly disagreeable that you can never do cried

Edmund rapturously kissing her hand at this moment a slight tap at the door announced the arrival of the Duke and his friend so so said the Duke we have found you have we but you must take your leave of such tender scenes for the future what do you mean asked

Edmund The Queen Is Dead said sir Ambrose the glowing countenance of Edmund turned of a ghastly paleness and his livid lips quivered as he leaned against the window for support assist him cried the duuk he will faint don’t distress yourself Edmund the death of Claudia shall make no alteration in your

Prospects I am better said Edmund faintly attempting to smile and waving off all assistance pause but for a moment the suddenness of the shock overcame me I thought the queen was better she was supposed so returned the Duke but it seems she had some internal malady her Physicians were not aware of

An inward bruise I believe but don’t make yourself unhappy about it Edmund I cannot bear to see you wretched let rosabella take the crown and think no more about it your grace wrongs me said Edmund his fine countenance glowing with the exalted feelings of his soul however I

May suffer from the violence of my feelings I can never permit them to interfere with my sense of Duty elira has a right to ascend the throne and if my exertions can ensure her success she shall be Queen thou art a brave lad cried the Duke and

Will you really try to secure the election of Elva when you know by so doing you will deprive yourself of her forever I shall do my duty said Lord Edmund pressing his lips firmly together as though to suppress his feelings father Morris looked at him from under his overshadowing cow with a

Kind of sardonic smile which seemed to say you speak well but let us see how you will act my Noble Edmund murmured sir Ambrose tears rolling down his cheeks El’s eyes thanked her lover for his disinterestedness and the glow of anticipated triumph which flushed her cheeks betrayed that neither her love

For Edmund nor the grief for the loss of her cousin could suppress her Joy at the flattering Prospect opened before her Elvira said Lord Edmund gazing upon her earnestly as though he would penetrate the inmost recesses of her bosom what are your wishes IES do not hesitate to declare them for

Alas much hangs upon your words Elva blushed and cast her eyes upon the ground however Lord Edmund comprehended but too well the meaning of her silence and he sighed deeply it is enough said he in a mournful tone then the die is cast he paused a few moments

Whilst his friends though they all looked at him with the deepest commiseration respected his emotion too much to venture to interrupt it then rousing himself he hastily brushed a tear from his eye and exclaimed how weak is human nature I know my duty and I will perform it but yet I

Vera compose yourself my beloved Edmund said his father tomorrow you will be more calm oh talk not of Tomorrow replied Edmund today is the season for Action keep the death of Claudia con sealed a few hours if possible I will in the meantime assemble my friends I know the

Army is devoted to me a council of state will be chosen to direct the kingdom during the internum I must be one of its members some weeks must elapse before the election can take place I think 3 months is the time fixed said the Duke but you know the votes of all

The people are to be collected and that with such a population as ours will be no rle to be sure it is the deputies that are to do the business but then it will take some time to elect them when the founder of the present Dynasty ordained her successor should be

Chosen by the votes of the whole people said sir Ambrose she wisely recollected the difficulty that must arise from collecting their votes impartially and directed they should elect deputies but when she ordered that every 10,000 men throughout the kingdom should choose a deputy of their own Rank and Station to

Come to London to represent them she did not calculate upon the immensity of our present population nor think of the evils the presence of such a disorderly body of men must bring upon the capital yet any attempt to reduce their number would inevitably overturn the government observed father Morris for as

It is the only Act of Freedom the people have long been permitted to enjoy they will be proportionably tenacious of it and the majority of these deputies are to decide the election said Edmund musing then our business must be to secure that majority think you that any

Good can be done by endeavoring to procure the return of those who are disposed to be favorable to us very little returned father Morris to whom this observation was addressed for the lower classes from their conceit and pedantry are extremely difficult to manage their deputies however not withstanding the ordinance of the queen

Will probably be more polished and less laned as the lower classes will be able to spare the time necessary to become deputies whilst the country gentlemen will be delighted to obtain something to do we must be prompt said the duuk at all events I don’t like delay true replied Edmund starting from

A Ry into which he had fallen I must get myself nominated a member of the council and we must arrange our other plans afterwards the party now separated and El Vera left alone with her companion indulged in dreams of future Grandeur I am sorry for the death of

Claudia said she but I never loved her she was so cold and uninteresting such a mere matter of fact being she had no soul Emma and how can one L her being so totally passionless and insipid I wonder continued she after a short pause what Henry Seymour will think of this Emma smiled

Poor Lord Edmund said she I know what you would say returned Elva I am sorry for him and I admire his conduct extremely there is really something very Noble about him Emma again smiled for she saw in spite of this admiration that in a week poor Lord Edmund would be

Forgotten in the mean time poor rosabella’s mind was a prey to the most violent passions a Billet from father Morris had informed her of the death of her cousin and of the designs brooding against her interests I will be revenged said she I will show them mine is not a soul to

Dwell upon impotent grief I will assemble my friends my father’s party was strong in the state it cannot be quite extinct let me see To Whom Shall I apply the Lord’s Noodle and dle both of ancient families were both devoted to your father and were under great

Obligations to to him when they were young observed maranne but they are such fools said rosabella they are well connected returned her Confidant and power does not always attend upon Talent true and as they are so weak I may guide them as I will do not rely upon that Folly is

Generally obstinate and though there may be hopes of convincing a man of sense fools will always have their own way how then are they to be dealt with by letting them fancy they direct when in fact they are directed apply to Lord’s Noodle and Doodle as though for advice more than

Assistance consult them how you ought to act and suggest the advantages that will arise from your possessing the throne so artfully that they may fancy what you say the dictates of their own minds and then if they advise any course they in some measure pledge themselves to support you if you pursue it

I do not doubt obtaining their sanction and that of Lord gustavis de monford but I wish I could also obtain the countenance of Dr Hardman for he has many friends and some talents said rosabella and I own I do not feel satisfied to trust myself entirely in the hands of any of the

Others talk of Liberty and public Spirit replied Marian promise a address of Grievances and a radical reform of all evils and you may secure Dr Hardman yet is not a fool nay he is even shrewd penetrating and persevering but as lunatics are generally mad only upon one

Subject so even men of sense have generally some prevailing Folly and his is that of being thought of importance in the state indeed in my opinion there are very few human beings that we may not make subservient to our views if we have but penetration enough to discover

Their weak sides and art enough to Avail ourselves of the discovery the world is very much obliged to you for the high opinion you have of it returned rosabella however I like your advice and will pursue it but do you think father Morris will approve oh I will answer for him interrupted

Marian I will then write to each of the three Lords continued rosabella and appoint a time and place for an interview with each I must attend to the doctor afterwards beware said Maran you have a difficult game to play the old proverb says it is well to have two strings to

One’s bow but four I fear will be too much for you to manage fear me not cried her mistress impetuous as I generally am I can be cautious when I see occasion in pursuance of her resolution rosabella wrote to the nobleman whose assistance she wished to secure and

Receiving favorable answers the hour of 12 that night was fixed upon for a secret meeting between Lord gustavis and herself upon the subject the utmost secrecy was requisite as rosabella knew the fiery temper of her uncle and felt confident that if he discovered her plans before they were ripe for

Execution his Vengeance would have no bounds she wished therefore to ascertain her strength privately and as she was aware of fruitless struggle would only involve her in ruin she resolved not to betray her intentions Till There appeared at least a fair Prospect of success for this reason when the Duke

Informed her of the death of the queen she affected only the surprise she might naturally be supposed to feel at the suddenness of the event and appeared absorbed in grief for the loss of her cousin without seeming even to think of the consequences likely to ensue to

Herself in short she acted her part so well that the Duke was completely deceived and when he returned to Sir Ambrose after his conference with her he exclaimed we had no occasion to alarm ourselves or give ourselves so much trouble I don’t believe rosabella even thinks about the throne and I am sure

She doesn’t care a straw whether she is it or not I am even confident from what I have seen tonight that I have only to express my wishes in favor of el Vera to have her resign all pretensions immediately sir Ambrose smiled and shook his head incredulously and the Duke was

Provoked for like all week obstinate man he was extremely tenacious of the infallibility of his judgment why do you shake your head said he do you disbelieve my assertion I do not disbelieve your assertion I only doubt your penetration and why do you doubt that because I know

Rabella then you think her indifference affected I think it too great to be real moderation is Not By Any Means means a characteristic of rosabella she is ever in extremes and when she appears otherwise depend upon it she is only acting apart and she has

Some end in view that she hopes to gain by it well let her be as Sly as she will she cannot deceive me I’ll watch her I’ll defy her to think walk look or speak without my knowing of it and if I find she nourishes even the thought of

Rivaling el Vera she shall quit my house immediately I will encourage no vipers sir Ambrose smiled inwardly at the mistaken confidence of his friend in his own judgment thinking it useless however to irritate him by farther opposition he endeavored to turn the conversation upon another subject it is strange said he how

Frequently I have been thinking of that Mommy if there be no deception in the business it is a perfect miracle and not deception can there be returned the Duke peevishly you think yourself so very wise and that you know so much better than other people only because you are always suspecting

Something wrong now for my part I think as poor doctor inen used to say incredulity is often as much The Offspring of folly as credulity I wonder what has become of the doctor and edri four ill as edric behaved he is still my son and I own I

Should like to know where he is oh I don’t think you have the least occasion in the world to trouble yourself about him depend upon it he and his mad friend Dr andan are rambling about Egypt and are happier now than ever they were before in their

Lives if you are right said sir Ambrose and they are now in Egypt as they have lost their balloon they may be even in want of necessaries and it is very right they should be so replied the Duke what business had they to go away the hours of this eventful day

Rolled on heavily with rosabella the important consequences of the struggle she was about to engage in forcibly impressed her mind ruin must inevitably ensue if she failed and even if she succeeded her path seemed strewed with thorns the anxiety natural to the intrigues she was about to be involved

In also hung about her though hay and vindictive rosabella was not naturally deceitful indeed the very violence and impetuosity of her passions rendered it difficult for her to appear otherwise than she really was the secret intercourse however which through the intervention of maranne she had long maintained with Father Morris had

Somewhat practiced her in concealment but it was still repugnant to her nature she was now anxiously expecting a visit from the Reverend father and as he was generally remarkably punctual to his appointment ments his nonappearance filled her with a sensation of dread and a presentiment of evil crept over her

That she tried in vain to overcome it is long past the hour the father mentioned said Maran after a long pause during which she had been listening with the utmost attention to every sound I cannot imagine the cause of his absence surely our plans have not been discovered and as she spoke her

Blanched cheeks and livid lips betrayal the Deep interest she took in his fate how gloomily that heavy Bell clangs in my ear said rosabella it seems to ring the death now of my hopes a gloomy forboding hangs upon my mind and undefinable Horrors rise in dim perspective before

Me hark cried Maran her sense of hearing sharpened by anxiety he comes yes yes he comes added she after a short pause and in a few seconds rosabella heard the father’s well-known step you are very late said she as he entered the room good God what is the matter asked

Maranne as the Haggard agitated features of the priest met her eye you look like one who has held communion with infernal Spirits you say right Marianne replied the father in a deep Hollow tone I have indeed conversed with Spirits for never could those fear eyes that so long have

Glared upon me belong to Mortal what do you mean asked rosabella I have again seen the mummy that fearful Spectre from the tomb I have even conversed with him and he lives and breathes nay even reasons thinks and speaks like a human being but the sa cloths of the Grave are still

Wrapped around him his fearful eyes glare with une Earthly luster and his deep sepulcral voice Thrills through every nerve what that horrid creature whom we saw descend from above at the very moment of Claudia’s accident Heaven Grant no horrible consequences May ensue from so awful an invasion of the general laws of

Nature said rosabella are you certain it is no deception asked Maran deception returned the priest even I trembled maranne when I gazed upon the countenance of that tremendous being and read there the traces of Fierce and ungoverned passions wild and destructive in their course as the Raging Whirlwind even I dreaded the influence

He might exert Upon Our Destinies and shuddered at the thought of such a creatures being released from the fets of the Tomb and sent back as a destroying Spirit upon Earth the Eternal Gloom that hangs upon his brow seems to bespeak a fallen angel for such is the

Deadly hate that must have animated the rebellious Spirits when expelled from Heaven his look is terrific and my blood fro in my veins at his horrid laugh which seem to ring in my ears like the mockery of fiends when they have involved a human being inextricably in their

Toils it may be a fiend murmured Marianne in a low whisper at this moment the Clock Struck 12 rosabella started at the sound Lord gustavis will expect me cried she go then replied the priest with maranne I will follow presently with trembling limbs beating heart and all the trepidation which the

Consciousness of guilt cannot fail to give even to the firmest mind rosabella and Mariam proceeded to the Terrace where they found Lord gustavis waiting to receive them you may think it strange my lord said the agitated princess as she Advanced leaving her confident at the gate which led from the garden that I

Should desire this meeting by no means by no means means said Lord gustavis condescendingly indeed I have already had some conversation with an emissary of yours that has let me into your views and I find from him your ideas upon several important subjects are so clear so just so sensible and so accordant

With my own that I feel disposed to become your partisan even before you utter a syllable and who is this Emissary asked rosabella unable to account for a reception so unexpectedly gracious and alarmed at what she feared a premature exposure of her plans father Morris replied Lord

Gustavis alarmed in his turn lest he should have unguardedly committed himself he told me he was an accredited agent of yours and even induced me to too your lordship need not hesitate returned rosabella I was not aware that father Morris had seen you or I should not have expressed

Surprise I have been induced then said Lord gustavis to bring with me two friends of mine Lord mayworth and Dr Hardman they are fully convinced of the justness of your ideas respecting retrenchment and reform and they think your plans of curtailing the expenditure by throwing all the power of the state

Into the hands of a few trustworthy individuals upon whom you may thoroughly rely such as them or myself for instance most excellent poor rabella was here completely puzzled as she had not the slightest idea of what plan Lord gustavis could possibly allude to more indeed was it probable she should it

Being entirely The Offspring of the creative brain of Father Morris invented by him solely for the purpose of the winning of the noble Lords to whom he had confided it over to her party rosabella was naturally quick and possessing abundantly that very unexplainable but well-known faculty designated tact she instantly divined

The motive that had induced father Morris to attribute this scheme to her and determined to avoid if possible betraying her ignorance Lord mayworth and Dr Hardman who had remained at a little distance and whom the agitation of rabella had prevented her before seeeing now Advanced and after having been presented

To the princess the former assured her of his Devotion to her cause I admire your ideas exceedingly said he and particularly your intention of removing Lord Edmund from the command of the army and placing an older and more experienced person in his stad Lord Edmund cried rosabella thrown

Off her guard by the sudden mention of that name father Morris told me so resumed Lord mayworth in Surprise and he told you truly interrupted rosabella father Morris is worthy of all the confidence I can Repose in him and in fact he knows my inest thoughts but I

Was not aware that he had seen you a conversation now ensued in the course of which Lord mayworth detailed with admirable minuteness a variety of subjects calling for reform rosabella did not understand half he said for his calculations bewildered her and her mind accustomed to saw with the Eagle flight

Of genius and taking otions with a glance could scarcely condescend to listen to the petty articles of economy in expenditure to which it seemed principally his object to draw her attention she ascented however to all he said and having let him speak as long as he liked without showing symptoms of

Weariness and having luckily said yes and no in the right places he departed quite Enchanted and completely gained over to her party declaring her to be without exception one of the most sensible young women he had ever conversed with in his life to this Lord gustavis and diar Hardman ascented as she had

Appeared also to acques in all they had said and the noble Lords and Laren doctor departed perfectly satisfied scarcely were they gone when father Morris appeared my dear father exclaimed rosabella enraptured at the result of the interview congratulate me Lord mayworth Dr Hardman and Lord gustavis are our

Own I Rejoice sincerely my child returned the priest for heaven knows I feel as great an interest in your welfare as in my own but what did they say let us hear if your hopes are well founded at first their expressions were rather of a negative nature for they

Told me rather that a party existed against my rival than for myself they say the Duke has many enemies from his obstinate and conceited disposition they said also that my father had had many friends and do they exist no longer then that you lay such emphasis on the word Hood asked father Morris

Bitterly they exist but it seems my father has been so unfortunate as to lose their friendship returned rosabella Lord gustavis even alluded to some crime which he said he had committed crime did he dare to call it crime he did indeed and it is not possible to describe the torture that

Rent my bosom as he spoke I always knew my father had been unfortunate but I never before even suspected him of having been guilty nor was he guilty girl none but fools or idiots dare breathe such an accusation against his name 10,000 blessings on you for relieving my mind from the agony of

Believing him Unworthy of my love I am perfectly satisfied with your assurance and yet my thinks I would Fain know his history rabella you never knew your father you were but 3 years old when circumstances occurred that urged him to commit a deed of desperation seek not to inquire father

And Endeavor since Misfortune has thrown a shade over your father’s name to redeem it by the luster of your own as an obscure individual whatever might be my will power would be wanting but it shall not be wanting you shall be Queen I swear it though all the

Powers of Heaven and Earth should unite to a oppose my designs and though even blood should be necessary to seal the compact he was going on when a fish laugh rang in his ears and looking up he beheld the gigantic form of chops standing over him the bright moon beams

Showed with horrible distinctness the strange attire Savage features an unearthly gaze of the mommy as his horrid laugh echoed from the wall behind them and peeled across the water rosabella had not before seen him except when she knelt before the dying Queen and shrieking with horror she fled for

Refuge to her uncle’s Garden whilst chops thus tauntingly addressed the priest you were conspiring Mischief though the language your lips employed was unknown to me that of your looks was clear men do not cast their eyes upon the Earth and murmur forth their accents as though they trembled at

The sound of their own voices when their purposes are such as will bear a vowel make me your Confidant and by the aid of my serpent deity my guardian KF I may assist you but force me to become your enemy and tyon himself never pursued Isis and the infant Horus with more

Unrelenting Vengeance then I will follow you and destroy your plans dreading a like to trust or enrage this mysterious being and cursing the evil chance that had led him to that spot father Morris who like all the English in those days was an Universal linguist found himself obliged partially

To obey this injunction and inform the mummy of his design chops burst into one of his terrific laughs of derision and so he said you would make Yonder feeble girl who fled screaming at my Approach a queen a fit Monarch for a warlike people can a woman’s arm resist an invasion of

The Pali or a woman’s hands direct the Reigns of M R’s government alas alas where am I wandering I forgot the change wrought in my Des Desy and that your people seem powerless as The Sovereign you would give them be satisfied I will not betray thee indeed

So do I hate thy countrymen that I shall rejoice to see thee Triumph in deceiving them beware however how thou attempt us to deceive me lest my Vengeance quick sure and unforeseen as The Secret Agency of the apop should fall upon and Crush thee at the very moment of the fruition of thy

Wishes fearing whilst he hated the mysterious being thus strangely thrust into his most imist Secrets father Morris promised obedience and the mommy retreated within the walls of Mrs monu’s Garden a he left the priest however he held out his hand to him give me your hand said he and let us seal our

Compact father Morris shuddered as he obeyed for the words of the mommy recalled those he had just employed when this fearful Apparition broke in upon him and brought with them a train of thoughts he now willingly have shaken off he did not dare however to refuse and reluctantly held out his hand the

Mommy seized it with an iron grasp and an icy chill seemed to Creep from his hand to Father Morris’s heart as he burst into one of his demon-like laughs and left him father Morris unable to shake off the horror that oppressed him for he felt as though he had entered into a

Compact with a fiend stood gazing at the supernatural appearance of chops as he stalked across the Terrace his gaunt figure rendered more awful by the grave clothes that bound it was magnified in the moon beams which seemed to increase rather than to mitigate the unearthly ugliness of The Apparition they Shone

Upon the priest was fixed in a fearful trance in imagination he still felt the cold and iron grasp of the mommy whose eyes seemed as though they were still looking into his very soul and whose solemn accents were even now scaring his faculties at length however father Morris recovered something of his

Self-possession and fled from the spot he scarcely knew in what direction under the fear at every turning of again encountering the dreaded Mommy

source