CHAPTER XVI
LAIR OF THE SPIDERS
"We must find that house, find the sarcophagus—for I no longer doubt that it exists—drag it out, and destroy it."
"Should you know it again, sir?"
"Beyond any possibility of doubt. It is the sarcophagus of a queen."
"What queen?"
"A queen whose tomb the late Sir Michael Ferrara and I sought for many months, but failed to find."
"Is this queen well known in Egyptian history?"
Dr. Cairn stared at him with an odd expression in his eyes.