“I have carried her into the desert to be embalmed.”
And then, to avoid further questioning, he went away.
CHAPTER VI.
KĀRA BATHES IN THE NILE.
Tadros followed him into the street again.
“Those other papyri,” he said—“do you wish me to sell them for you?”
“They are already sold,” replied Kāra, regardless of truth.
“Indeed! To whom?”
“Winston Bey, the Englishman.”
Tadros uttered an exclamation of annoyance.
“Where have you met him?” he asked.