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It was easy to see that she was scarcely mistress of herself. "I think I shall pack you both off to see Edfou," she continued, violently beginning to use her fan. "You can chatter away there and make friends to your hearts' content, and there'll be only the guardian to hear you. Then poor Nigel can have his sleep out whatever happens to me." Suddenly she gaped, and put up her fan to her mouth.
And she had told her beloved doctor "all the news." The news of the Armine ménage was that Nigel Armine had got sunstroke in Thebes and been "too ill for words," and that the Loulia, after a short stay near Luxor, had gone on up the Nile, and was now supposed to be not far from the temple of Edfou. Not a soul had been able to explore the marvellous boat.
Well-seasoned Nile-travellers confirm our experience; and as we had rowed and floated within a calculated time from Assouan to Ombos, and from Ombos to Silsilis, so did we proceed to Edfou, and to the stations beyond, with few exceptions of obstinately adverse weather.
And he was glad when, at dawn, he heard the movement of naked feet and the murmur of voices above his head, when, presently, the dahabeeyah shivered and swayed, and the Nile water spoke in a new and more ardent way as it held her in its embrace. He was glad, for he knew he was going towards Edfou.
He had an intense love of purity and of form in art, and even in his dream he felt that he could not miss the temple of Horus at Edfou. But he forbade Hassan to accompany him on his visit. He was determined to go alone, regardless of the etiquette of the Nile. He took his sun-umbrella, slipped his guide-book into his pocket, and slowly, almost reluctantly, left the Fatma.
And he felt as if, as soon as the Fatma rounded the bend of the Nile and crept out of sight on her slow way southwards, the Loulia would untie and drop down towards the north. He felt it? He knew it as if he had seen it happen. "Hassan!" When Hassan answered, Isaacson bade him tell the Reis that he and his men could rest all the afternoon. "I'm going to Edfou again.
Instantly there came into her eyes the look he had seen in them when in the sanctuary of Edfou she had stood face to face with him a look of startled terror. "You promise only to stay two days, Ruby?" Nigel's voice spoke. "You promise?" "I promise faithfully, Nigel," she said, with her eyes on Isaacson. Isaacson dropped her hand. She sighed, and went out quickly. The departure of Mrs.
But, you see, a woman can keep a secret." "How did you know?" He looked at Isaacson. But Isaacson let her answer. It was enough for him that he was with his friend. He did not care about anything else. And all this time he was at doctor's work. "We met this morning in the temple of Edfou, and I told Doctor Isaacson about your sunstroke, and asked him to come up to-night and see you."
And so, in his quick, terse, unembroidered narrative, almost frightfully direct, he reached the scene in the temple of Edfou. From that moment he spared Nigel no detail. He described Mrs.
I will see him as soon as he wakes to-morrow." "But he doesn't " "Just as you like! Either I stay here and take charge of this case, or I go back to the boat at Edfou and to-morrow I put myself into communication with the proper authorities." She got up again slowly. "Well, if you really believe you can pull Nigel round quickly!" she said. She moved to the door.
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