"Why did you faint at the sight of the Blue Mummy, miss?"
"Because it is connected in my mind with Mr. Grent, and the memory of his tragic death was too much for my nerves."
"What had Mr. Grent to do with the mummy?"
"I don't know. One day I saw an image, such as the one you shewed me, on his desk. I asked him what it was, and he explained that it was the symbol of a society."
"Of a secret society?"
"Yes."
"Let us say of a Peruvian secret society."
Maria hesitated. "Mr. Grent said that the image came from Peru, but he did not explain that the society belonged to the same place."
"What do you know about this society?"
"Nothing more than I have told you."