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our time; which may never be again.

 

“From first to last the cryptic writing and symbolism of that wondrous

tomb of that wondrous woman is fullof guiding light; and the key of the

many mysteries lies in that most wondrous Jewel which she held in her

dead hand over the dead heart, which she hoped and believed would beat

again in a newer and nobler world!

 

“There are only loose ends now to consider. Margaret has given us the

true inwardness of the feeling of the other Queen!” He looked at her

fondly, and stroked her hand as he said it. “For my own part I

sincerely hope she is right; for in such case it will be a joy, I am

sure, to all of us to assist at such a realisation of hope. But we must

not go too fast, or believe too much in our present state of knowledge.

The voice that we hearken for comes out of times strangely other than

our own; when human life counted for little, and when the morality of

the time made little account of the removing of obstacles in the way to

achievement of desire. We must keep our eyes fixed on the scientific

side, and wait for the developments on the psychic side.

 

“Now, as to this stone box, which we call the Magic Coffer. As I have

said, I am convinced that it opens only in obedience to some principle

of light, or the exercise of some of its forces at present unknown to

us. There is here much ground for conjecture and for experiment; for as

yet the scientists have not thoroughly differentiated the kinds, and

powers, and degrees of light. Without analysing various rays we may, I

think, take it for granted that there are different qualities and powers

of light; and this great field of scientific investigation is almost

virgin soil. We know as yet so little of natural forces, that

imagination need set no bounds to its flights in considering the

possibilities of the future. Within but a few years we have made such

discoveries as two centuries ago would have sent the discoverer’s to the

flames. The liquefaction of oxygen; the existence of radium, of helium,

of polonium, of argon; the different powers of Rontgen and Cathode and

Bequerel rays. And as we may finally prove that there are different

kinds and qualities of light, so we may find tht combustion may have its

own powers of differentiation; that there are qualities in some flames

non-existent in others. It may be that some of the essential conditions

of substance are continuous, even in the destruction of their bases.

Last night I was thinking of this, and reasoning that as there are

certain qualities in some oils which are not in others, so there may be

certain similar or corresponding qualities or powers in the combinations

of each. I suppose we have all noticed some time or other that the

light of colza oil is not quite the same as that of paraffin, or that

the flames of coal gas and whale oil are different. They find it so in

the light-houses! All at once it occurred to me that there might be some

special virtue in the oil which had been found in the jars when Queen

Tera’s tomb was opened. These had not been used to preserve the

intestines as usual, so they must have been placed there for some other

purpose. I remembered that in Van Huyn’s narrative he had commented on

the way the jars were sealed. This was lightly, though effectually;

they could be opened without force. The jars were themselves preserved

in a sarcophagus which, though of immense strength and hermetically

sealed, could be opened easily. Accordingly, I went at once to examine

the jars. A little—a very little of the oil still remained, but it had

grown thick in the two and a half centuries in which the jars had been

open. Still, it was not rancid; and on examining it I found it was

cedar oil, and that it still exhaled something of its original aroma.

This gave me the idea that it was to be used to fill the lamps. Whoever

had placed the oil in the jars, and the jars in the sarcophagus, knew

that there might be shrinkage in process of time, even in vases of

alabaster, and fully allowed for it; for each of the jars would have

filled the lamps half a dozen times. With part of the oil remaining I

made some experiments, therefore, which may give useful results. You

know, Doctor, that cedar oil, which was much used in the preparation and

ceremonials of the Egyptian dead, has a certain refractive power which

we do not find in other oils. For instance, we use it on the lenses of

our microscopes to give additional clearness of vision. Last night I

put some in one of the lamps, and placed it near a translucent part of

the Magic Coffer. The effect was very great; the glow of light within

was fuller and more intense than I could have imagined, where an

electric light similarly placed had little, if any, effect. I should

have tried others of the seven lamps, but that my supply of oil ran out.

This, however, is on the road to rectification. I have sent for more

cedar oil, and expect to have before long an ample supply. Whatever may

happen from other causes, our experiment shall not, at all events, fail

from this. We shall see! We shall see!”

 

Doctor Winchester had evidently been following the logical process of

the other’s mind, for his comment was:

 

“I do hope that when the light is effective in opening the box, the

mechanism will not be impaired or destroyed.”

 

His doubt as to this gave anxious thought to some of us.

Chapter XVI The Cavern

In the evening Mr. Trelawny took again the whole party into the study.

When we were all attention he began to unfold his plans:

 

“I have come to the conclusion that for the proper carrying out of what

we will call our Great Experiment we must have absolute and complete

isolation. Isolation not merely for a day or two, but for as long as we

may require. Here such a thing would be impossible; the needs and

habits of a great city with its ingrained possibilities of interruption,

would, or might, quite upset us. Telegrams, registered letters, or

express messengers would alone be sufficient; but the great army of

those who want to get something would make disaster certain. In

addition, the occurrences of the last week have drawn police attention

to this house. Even if special instructions to keep an eye on it have

not been issued from Scotland Yard or the District Station, you may be

sure that the individual policeman on his rounds will keep it well under

observation. Besides, the servants who have discharged themselves will

before long begin to talk. They must; for they have, for the sake of

their own characters, to give some reason for the termination of a

service which has I should say a position in the neighbourhood. The

servants of the neighbours will begin to talk, and, perhaps the

neighbours themselves. Then the active and intelligent Press will, with

its usual zeal for the enlightenment of the public and its eye to

increase of circulation, get hold of the matter. When the reporter is

after us we shall not have much chance of privacy. Even if we were to

bar ourselves in, we should not be free from interruption, possibly from

intrusion. Either would ruin our plans, and so we must take measures to

effect a retreat, carrying all our impedimenta with us. For this I am

prepared. For a long time past I have foreseen such a possibility, and

have made preparation for it. Of course, I had no foreknowledge of what

has happened; but I knew something would, or might, happen. For more

than two years past my house in Cornwall has been made ready to receive

all the curios which are preserved here. When Corbeck went off on his

search for the lamps I had the old house at Kyllion made ready; it is

fitted with electric light all over, and all the appliances for

manufacture of the light are complete. I had perhaps better tell you,

for none of you, not even Margaret, knows anything of it, that the house

is absolutely shut out from public access or even from view. It stands

on a little rocky promontory behind a steep hill, and except from the

sea cannot be seen. Of old it was fenced in by a high stone wall, for

the house which it succeeded was built by an ancestor of mine in the

days when a great house far away from a centre had to be prepared to

defend itself. Here, then, is a place so well adapted to our needs that

it might have been prepared on purpose. I shall explain it to you when

we are all there. This will not be long, for already our movement is in

train. I have sent word to Marvin to have all preparation for our

transport ready. He is to have a special train, which is to run at

night so as to avoid notice. Also a number of carts and stone-wagons,

with sufficient men and appliances to take all our packing-cases to

Paddington. We shall be away before the Argus-eyed Pressman is on the

watch. We shall today begin our packing up; and I dare say that by

tomorrow night we shall be ready. In the outhouses I have all the

packing-cases which were used for bringing the things from Egypt, and I

am satisfied that as they were sufficient for the journey across the

desert and down the Nile to Alexandria and thence on to London, they

will serve without fail between here and Kyllion. We four men, with

Margaret to hand us such things as we may require, will be able to get

the things packed safely; and the carrier’s men will take them to the

trucks.

 

“today the servants go to Kyllion, and Mrs. Grant will make such

arrangements as may be required. She will take a stock of necessaries

with her, so that we will not attract local attention by our daily

needs; and will keep us supplied with perishable food from London.

Thanks to Margaret’s wise and generous treatment of the servants who

decided to remain, we have got a staff on which we can depend. They

have been already cautioned to secrecy, so that we need not fear gossip

from within. Indeed, as the servants will be in London after their

preparations at Kyllion are complete, there will not be much subject for

gossip, in detail at any rate.

 

“As, however, we should commence the immediate work of packing at once,

we will leave over the after proceedings till later when we have

leisure.”

 

Accordingly we set about our work. Under Mr. Trelawny’s guidance, and

aided by the servants, we took from the outhouses great packing-cases.

Some of these were of enormous strength, fortified by many thicknesses

of wood, and by iron bands and rods with screw-ends and nuts. We placed

them throughout the house, each close to the object which it was to

contain. When this preliminary work had been effected, and there had

been placed in each room and in the hall great masses of new hay,

cotton-waste and paper, the servants were sent away. Then we set about

packing.

 

No one, not accustomed to packing, could have the slightest idea of the

amount of the amount of work involved in such a task as that in which in

we were engaged. For my own part I had had a vague idea that there

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