"It would have been better for you to have come to me, Random." "I daresay; but I wished, as I told you, to make certain that the mummy was on board.

That was the real reason for my visit; but, being in Bolton's company, I naturally told him that Don Pedro claimed the mummy as his property, and warned him that if you or he kept the same, that there would be trouble." "Did you use threats ?" asked Hope, remembering what he had overheard.
"No; certainly not." "Yes, you did," cried Braddock quickly.

"Hervey declares that you told Bolton that he would repent of keeping the mummy, and that his life would not be safe while he held it." To the surprise of both visitors, Random admitted using these serious threats without a moment's hesitation.
"Don Pedro told me that many Indians, both in Lima and Cuzco, who look upon him as the lawful descendant of the last Inca, are anxiously expecting the return of the royal mummy.

He also stated that when the Indians knew who held the mummy they would send one of themselves to get it back, if he--Don Pedro, that is--did not fetch it.

To get back the mummy Don Pedro declared that these Indians would not stop short of murder.