"
"Quite enough," ejaculated Mr. Damer.
But Mr. Damer would not always remain weak and out of breath, and it
was absolutely necessary for Miss Dawkins to hurry away from Cheops and
his tomb, to Thebes and Karnac.
"After seeing this it is impossible for any one with a spark of
imagination to leave Egypt without going farther a-field."
Mr. Damer merely wiped his brow and grunted. This Miss Dawkins took as
a signal of weakness, and went on with her task perseveringly.
"For myself, I have resolved to go up, at any rate, as far as Asouan
and the first cataract. I had thought of acceding to the wishes of a
party who are going across the Great Desert by Mount Sinai to
Jerusalem; but the kindness of yourself and Mrs. Damer is so great, and
the prospect of joining in your boat is so pleasurable, that I have
made up my mind to accept your very kind offer."
This, it will be acknowledged, was bold on the part of Miss Dawkins;
but what will not audacity effect? To use the slang of modern
language, cheek carries everything nowadays. And whatever may have
been Miss Dawkins's deficiencies, in this virtue she was not deficient.
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