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you to suppose that he is there now?
Thisansweredhisfatherslowly.ThepurposeforwhichIbelieve
himtohavecomeherewoulddetainhimatleasttwodaysandtwo
nights.IshallsaynomoreaboutitbecauseifIamwrongorifforany
reasonIamunabletoestablishmysuspicionsasfactsyouwouldcer-
tainly regard me as a madman if I had confided those suspicions to you.
MountedupondonkeysthejourneyfromRekkatothePyramidof
Méyd?moccupiesfullyanhourandahalfandthegloriesofthesunset
hadmergedintothevioletduskofEgyptbeforethepartypassedthe
outskirtsofthecultivatedlandandcameuponthedesertsands.The
mountainouspileofgraniteitspeculiarorangehueaghastlyyellowin
themoonlightnowassumedtrulymonstrousproportionsseeminglike
agreatsquaretowerrisinginthreestagesfromitsmoundofsandto
some three hundred and fifty feet above the level of the desert.
Thereisnothingmoreawesomeintheworldthantofindone'sselfat
nightfarfromallfellow-menintheshadowofoneofthoseedifices
raisedbyunknownhandsbyunknownmeanstoanunknownend;for
despiteallthewisdomofourmoderninquirersthesestupendousrelics
remain unsolved riddles set to posterity by a mysterious people.
NeitherSimenorAliMohammedwereofhighlystrungtemperament
neithersubjecttothosesubtleimpressionswhichmoredelicateorganisa-
tionsreceiveasthenos [link widoczny dla zalogowanych]
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