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Updated: May 6, 2025
Overcoming by degrees his first sensations of awe, he approached the sarcophagus and examined it. It was solidly closed and mortared all round, so that it might have been one compact coffin-shaped block of stone so far as its outward appearance testified. Stooping more closely, however, to look at the brilliant poppy-wreath, he started back with a slight exclamation.
The red hue of the poppy-wreath mingled with the softer glow of the lamp on the altar, the moist glitter of the shells and polished pebbles, seemed to dazzle and confuse his eyes. He felt dizzy and faint and hastily made his way out of that close death-chamber into the passage, where he leaned for a few minutes against the great central column to recover himself.
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