He afterwards passed a string through the joining of the upper and lower windows, and managed to shut the snib.

Afterwards he came to the boat and rowed it back to Gartley.

On the way Cockatoo told his master that Sidney had left instructions that the packing case should be taken next morning to the Pyramids, so there was nothing to fear.

The mummy was hidden in a hole under the jetty and covered with grass." "Why didn't they take it up to the house ?" asked Random, on hearing this.
"That would have been dangerous," said Hope, looking up from the manuscript, "seeing that the mummy was supposed to have been stolen by the murderer.

It was easier to hide it amongst the grasses under the jetty, as no one ever goes there.