Perhaps the lonely woman was glad to have a sympathetic friend.

At all events she told her past history to Sidney, and mentioned that she desired to marry Braddock.

But Sidney insisted that she should marry him, and promised to make enough money to satisfy her that he was a good match, setting aside his humble birth, for which Mrs.Jasher cared nothing.
It was then that Sidney related what he had discovered.

Braddock, when in Peru many years before, had tried to get mummies for some scientific reason.

When Hervey--then known as Vasa--promised to procure him the mummy of the last Inca, Braddock was extremely pleased.