Unhappily, Mrs. Haxton introduced von Kerber to
him at a place in the Highlands where we were invited for the shooting.
The instant he heard of the legend on that wretched scrap of paper all
his old enthusiasm for exploration work revived, and he has followed
their plans blindly ever since."
"I hope you will forgive me if I express a somewhat contrary opinion,
Miss Fenshawe," said Royson. "Your grandfather did not hesitate to run
counter to the Baron's wishes to-day, for instance."
"Oh, that is nothing. Of course, with his experience of Egypt, he takes
the lead in such matters. What I want you to believe is this: Mrs.
Haxton, and not von Kerber, found that papyrus, or it came into her
hands by some means. She is the originator of the scheme. She sought to
be included in our friend's party at Glengarloch with the set object of
meeting grandad, whose interest in archeology is known to all the
world. She did not come across von Kerber by accident, but produced him
at the right moment. He is not a casual friend, met in Cairo, as she
pretends, but a man whom she has known for years.
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