Sax Rohmer

Name: Brood of the Witch Queen — CHAPTER XXVIII
Author: Sax Rohmer

Brood of the Witch Queen — CHAPTER XXVIII (1918)

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“Brood of the Witch Queen — CHAPTER XXVIII”, published in 1918, is a work by Sax Rohmer. It explores elements such as Antony Ferrara, Robert Cairn and Myra.

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Sax Rohmer, Brood of the Witch Queen — CHAPTER XXVIII (1918)

“ Silence fell for a few moments between them; then:
"One thing is certain," said Robert Cairn, deliberately, "we are in danger!"
"In the greatest danger!"
"Antony Ferrara, realising that we are bent upon his destruction, is making a final, stupendous effort to compass ours. I know that you have placed certain seals upon the windows of this house, and that after dusk these windows are never opened. I know that imprints, strangely like the imprints of fiery hands, may be seen at this moment upon the casements of Myra's room, your room, my room, and elsewhere. ”

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Sax Rohmer, Brood of the Witch Queen — CHAPTER XXVIII (1918)

“ So much we knew—or Ferrara knew, and imparted to me—but for any corroborative evidence of this cult's existence we searched in vain. We explored the interior of the pyramid foot by foot, inch by inch—and found nothing. We knew that there was some other apartment in the pyramid, but in spite of our soundings, measurements and laborious excavations, we did not come upon the entrance to it. The tomb of the queen we failed to discover, also, and therefore concluded that her mummy was buried in the secret chamber of the pyramid. ”

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Sax Rohmer, Brood of the Witch Queen — CHAPTER XXVIII (1918)

“ Already the doctor's house was invested by the uncanny forces marshalled by Antony Ferrara against them. The distinguished patients, who daily flocked to the consulting-room of the celebrated specialist, who witnessed his perfect self-possession and took comfort from his confidence, knowing it for the confidence of strength, little suspected that a greater ill than any flesh is heir to, assailed the doctor to whom they came for healing. ”

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Sax Rohmer, Brood of the Witch Queen — CHAPTER XXVIII (1918)

“ They took their seats at the table.
"Myra has been dreaming again, sir," said Robert Cairn slowly.
The doctor, serviette in hand, glanced up with an inquiry in his grey eyes.
"We must not overlook any possible weapon," he replied. "Give us particulars of your dream, Myra." ”

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Sax Rohmer, Brood of the Witch Queen — CHAPTER XXVIII (1918)

“ I know that Myra's dreams are not ordinary, meaningless dreams. I have had other evidence. I don't want to analyse these things; I confess that my mind is not capable of the task. I do not even want to know the meaning of it all; at the present moment, I only want to know one thing: Who is Antony Ferrara? ”

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Sax Rohmer, Brood of the Witch Queen — CHAPTER XXVIII (1918)

“ According to the Ancient Egyptian beliefs the Khu (or magical powers) of a fully-equipped Adept, at the death of the body, could enter into anything prepared for its reception. According to these ancient beliefs, then, the Khu of the high priest Hortotef entered into the body of this infant who was his son, and whose mother was the Witch-Queen; and to-day in this modern London, a wizard of Ancient Egypt, armed with the lost lore of that magical land, walks amongst us! What that lore is worth, it would be profitless for us to discuss, but that he possesses it—all of it—I know, beyond doubt. ”

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Sax Rohmer, Brood of the Witch Queen — CHAPTER XXVIII (1918)

“ Will the day never come when some true man of science shall endeavour to explain the movements of a table upon which a ring of hands has been placed? Will no exact scientist condescend to examine the properties of a planchette? ”

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Sax Rohmer, Brood of the Witch Queen — CHAPTER XXVIII (1918)

“ Will you explain what you mean?"
"When his adoptive father, Sir Michael Ferrara," resumed the doctor, beginning to pace up and down the library—"when Sir Michael and I were in Egypt, in the winter of 1893, we conducted certain inquiries in the Fayûm. We camped for over three months beside the Méydûm Pyramid. The object of our inquiries was to discover the tomb of a certain queen. ”

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Sax Rohmer, Brood of the Witch Queen — CHAPTER XXVIII (1918)

“ Thus far, his endeavours to concentrate the whole of the evil forces at his command upon this house have had but poor results: having merely caused Myra to dream strange dreams—clairvoyant dreams, instructive dreams, more useful to us than to the enemy ”

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