I must say he acted his part very well," said Hope reflectively, "even to accusing Mrs.Jasher.That was a bold stroke of genius." "A very dangerous one." "Not at all.

He swore to Mrs.Jasher that if she said anything, he would tell the police that she had taken the clothes provided by Sidney from the Pyramids and had gone to speak through the window, in order to fly with Sidney and the emeralds.

As the fact of the mummy being found in Mrs.Jasher's garden would lend color to the lie, she was obliged to hold her tongue.

And after all, as she says, she didn't mind, since she was engaged to the Professor, and possessed at least one of the emeralds." "Ah! the one she passed along to me.

How did she get that ?" Hope referred again to the manuscript.
"She insisted that Braddock should give it to her as a pledge of good faith.