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The Green Mummy
The story revolves around a young couple, Archie Hope and Lucy Kendal, as they navigate romance against a backdrop filled with mystery and intrigue, particularly centering on a rare mummy that Lucy's archaeologist stepfather, Professor Braddock, is eager to acquire.
"The Green Mummy" by Fergus Hume is a novel. The story revolves around a young couple, Archie Hope and Lucy Kendal, as they navigate romance against a backdrop filled with mystery and intrigue, particularly centering on a rare mummy that Lucy's archaeologist stepfather, Professor Braddock, is eager to acquire.
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“In heaven's name, why?” questioned the bachelor.
“Impossible: your price is prohibitive.”
“You are worth fifty and a hundred times as much. Pooh!”
“That interjection doesn't answer my question.”
“I don't think it is one which needs answering,” said the young man lightly; “there are more important things to talk about than pounds, shillings, and sordid pence.”
“Love, on a day such as this is. Look at the sky, blue as your eyes; at the sunshine, golden as your hair.”
“Warm as your affection, you should say.”
“Affection! So cold a word, when I love you.”
“Lucy, you are a—woman. That money did not buy your love, but the consent of your step-father to our marriage. Had I not humored his whim, he would have insisted upon your marrying Random.”
“Well, I don't know. Random is a soldier and a baronet; handsome and agreeable, with a certain amount of talent. What objection can you find to such a match?”
“One insuperable objection; he isn't you, Archie—darling.”
“H'm, the adjective appears to be an afterthought,” grumbled the bachelor; then, when she merely laughed teasingly after the manner of women, he added moodily:
“No, by Jove, Random isn't me, by any manner of means. I am but a poor artist without fame or position, struggling on three hundred a year for a grudging recognition.”
“Quite enough for one, you greedy creature.”
“What! when I am engaged to you? Actions speak much louder than remarks, Mr. Archibald Hope. I love you more than I do money.”
Contents
- 01The Green Mummy
- 02Chapter I. The Lovers
- 03Chapter II. Professor Braddock
- 04Chapter III. A Mysterious Tomb
- 05Chapter IV. The Unexpected
- 06Chapter V. Mystery
- 07Chapter VI. The Inquest
- 08Chapter VII. The Captain of the Diver
- 09Chapter VIII. The Baronet
- 10Chapter IX. Mrs. Jasher's Luck'
- 11Chapter X. The Don and His Daughter
- 12Chapter XI. The Manuscript
- 13Chapter XII. A Discovery
- 14Chapter XIII. More Mystery
- 15Chapter XIV. The Unexpected Happens
- 16Chapter XV. An Accusation
- 17Chapter XVI. The Manuscript Again
- 18Chapter XVII. Circumstantial Evidence
- 19Chapter XVIII. Recognition
- 20Chapter XIX. Nearer the Truth
- 21Chapter XX. The Letter
- 22Chapter XXI. A Story of the Past
- 23Chapter XXII. A Wedding Present
- 24Chapter XXIII. Just in Time
- 25Chapter XXIV. A Confession
- 26Chapter XXV. The Mills of God
- 27Chapter XXVI. The Appointment
- 28Chapter XXVII. By the River
About this edition
- Author
- Fergus Hume
- Language
- English
- Era
- Modern (c. 1800–1945)
- Reading level
- Introductory: no background needed
- Formats
- EPUB, PDF
- Length
- 270 pages
- This edition
- Modern Philosophers
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