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The Green Mummy

CHAPTER XIII
11/23

Indeed I cannot say if I ever looked in this direction." Archie mused and glanced at his watch.
"The Professor told Lucy that he came by the six train: you say that he was here at seven." "Yes, and he left at eight.

What is the time now ?" "Ten o'clock, or a few minutes after.

Therefore, since neither you nor Braddock saw the mummy, I take it that the case was brought here by some unknown people between eight o'clock and a quarter to ten, about which time I arrived here with Lucy." Mrs.Jasher nodded.
"You put the matter very clearly," she observed dryly.

"You have mistaken your vocation, Mr.Hope, and should have been a criminal lawyer.

I should turn detective were I you." "Why ?" asked Archie with a start.
"You might ascertain my movements on the night when the crime was committed," snapped the little widow.


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