So that he saw quite plainly the sudden appearance, from nowhere, of the Egyptian Priest.
'A jolly good trick,' he said to himself, 'and worked under my own eyes, in my own hall.

I'll find out how that's done.' He had never seen a trick that he could not do himself if he tried.
By this time a good many eyes in the audience had turned on the clean-shaven, curiously-dressed figure of the Egyptian Priest.
'Ladies and gentlemen,' said Mr Devant, rising to the occasion, 'this is a trick I have never before performed.

The empty seat, third from the end, second row, gallery--you will now find occupied by an Ancient Egyptian, warranted genuine.' He little knew how true his words were.
And now all eyes were turned on the Priest and the children, and the whole audience, after a moment's breathless surprise, shouted applause.
Only the lady on the other side of Rekh-mara drew back a little.

She KNEW no one had passed her, and, as she said later, over tea and cold tongue, 'it was that sudden it made her flesh creep.' Rekh-mara seemed very much annoyed at the notice he was exciting.
'Come out of this crowd,' he whispered to Robert.

'I must talk with you apart.' 'Oh, no,' Jane whispered.