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The Green Mummy
by Fergus Hume
CONTENTS
CHAPTER
I THE LOVERS
II PROFESSOR BRADDOCK
III A MYSTERIOUS TOMB
IV THE UNEXPECTED
V MYSTERY
VI THE INQUEST
VII THE CAPTAIN OF "THE DIVER"
VIII THE BARONET
IX MRS. JASHER'S LUCK
X THE DON AND HIS DAUGHTER
XI THE MANUSCRIPT
XII A DISCOVERY
XIII MORE MYSTERY
XIV THE UNEXPECTED HAPPENS
XV AN ACCUSATION
XVI THE MANUSCRIPT AGAIN
XVII CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE
XVIII RECOGNITION
XIX NEARER THE TRUTH
XX THE LETTER
XXI A STORY OF THE PAST
XXII A WEDDING PRESENT
XXIII JUST IN TIME
XXIV A CONFESSION
XXV THE MILLS OF GOD
XXVI THE APPOINTMENT
XXVII BY THE RIVER
The Green Mummy
CHAPTER I
THE LOVERS
"I am very angry," pouted the maid.
"In heaven's name, why?" questioned the bachelor.
"You have, so to speak, bought me."
"Impossible: your price is prohibitive."
"Indeed, when a thousand pounds--"
"You are worth fifty and a hundred times as much. Pooh!"
"That interjection doesn't answer my question."
"I don't think it is one which needs answering," said the young man lightly; "there are more important things to talk about than pounds, shillings, and sordid pence."
"Oh, indeed! Such as--"
"Love, on a day such as this is. Look at the sky, blue as your eyes; at the sunshine, golden as your hair."
"Warm as your affection, you should say."
"Affection! So cold a word, when I love you."
"To the extent of one thousand pounds."
"Lucy, you are a--woman. That money did not buy your love, but the consent of your step-father to our marriage. Had I not humored his whim, he would have insisted upon your marrying Random."
Lucy pouted again and in scorn.
"As if I ever would," said she.
"Well, I don't know. Random is a soldier and a baronet; handsome and agreeable, with a certain amount of talent. What objection can you find to such a match?"
