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Updated: May 31, 2025
The man who had laughed at my threats, and told me without a quiver in his voice how he could, and would, slay himself rather than I should do what he knew I could do, stood humbled and abashed before the righteous and yet gently-spoken reproach of her who was pleading for the life of a sister woman. I saw Djama's hands meet behind his back, and his fingers begin to twine about each other.
I saw a smile that was not pleasant to look upon pass swiftly over Djama's mouth, but he kept silence, and the professor said to me, 'Are you really in earnest, Vilcaroya? You know, according to our bargain, we have no claim on you until our part of the work is done. None of us have any desire to learn your secrets.
In the midst of one of them I know not what it was, save that no human words could paint the horror of it I woke up with a cold, damp hand upon my shoulder, and heard Djama's voice, hoarse and trembling, saying to me, 'Get up and dress, Vilcaroya; I have something for you to see and to hear. Make haste, for there is not much time to be lost.
The next day the packing-case containing the mummy was transferred to Djama's laboratory, and then for a whole week neither the professor nor any of his friends or acquaintances had either sight or speech of him.
And before I could answer, Djama's voice, shrill and trembling, rose out of the cell, crying, 'Ruth, Ruth, I am here! This is my prison. It is a grave of gold. Curse the gold! Save me, save me, Ruth, for I am going mad and I am your brother! She stopped and took hold of my arm with both her hands, and looked up at me. Her face was very pale and her lips were trembling.
The Spaniard told also how the Governor, who was his own father, had only half believed this story, and had bidden him bring a company of soldiers to the appointed place and see if there was any truth in Djama's story, and, if he found there was, to take Djama and all of us prisoners and carry us back to Cuzco, and put us into the prison until he could question us the next day.
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