I have noticed that and admired the taste with which they have kept the inscription so inconspicuous as not to clash with the decoration.

An obtrusive inscription in Greek characters would have spoiled the consistency of the whole scheme." "Yes, it would." She assented absently as if she were thinking of something else, and once more gazed thoughtfully at the mummy.

I watched her with deep content: noted the lovely contour of her cheek, the soft masses of hair that strayed away so gracefully from her brow, and thought her the most wonderful creature that had ever trod the earth.
Suddenly she looked at me reflectively.
"I wonder," she said, "what made me tell you about Artemidorus.

It was a rather silly, childish sort of make-believe, and I wouldn't have told anyone else for the world; not even my father.

How did I know that you would sympathise and understand ?" She asked the question in all simplicity with her serious, grey eyes looking inquiringly into mine.