We know that he could only have seen the manuscript for the first time at Malta.

It was evidently stowed away in the swathings of the mummy by my father, who forgot all about it when he gave me the original." "Hervey forgot also.

I wonder if that is true ?" "I am certain it is," said Don Pedro emphatically, "for, if Hervey, or Vasa, or whatever you like to call him, had found that manuscript and had got it translated, he certainly would have opened the mummy and have secured the emeralds.

No, Sir Frank, I believe that his theory is partly true.

Bolton intended to run away with the emeralds, and send the empty mummy to Professor Braddock; for, if you remember, he arranged that the landlord of the Sailor's Rest should forward the case next morning, even if he happened to be away.