She who sleeps : $b A romance of New York and the NileRohmer, Sax
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She who sleeps : $b A romance of New York and the Nile
Rohmer, Sax
Egyptologists -- Fiction; Excavations (Archaeology) -- Egypt -- Fiction; Love stories; New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction
He had been wearing his dinner clothes. Where on earth could he have
been coming from? He opened his eyes, another point having occurred to
him which might help to throw light upon the problem. But, slowly
turning his head aside and noting the firm little chin of the girl as
she bent over her book, he hesitated and did not ask the question.
Nevertheless, he determined to remain awake until he had the facts in
order. With which idea firmly in mind, he immediately fell asleep
again.
When next he awakened, morning sunlight flooded the room, and he saw,
standing beside the white-capped nurse, a cheery-looking, gray-haired
man, having a very ruddy complexion.
“Good-morning, Mr. Cumberland,” said the cheery man in a cheery voice.
“Good-morning,” Barry replied--and, in the act of speaking, knew that
he was himself again and that he had not been himself during those
earlier conversations with the nurse.
He raised his hand to his bandaged skull. It was singing and
throbbing, but that curious dull pain had gone.
“My name is Dr. Barton,” the other went on. “Feel better?”
“Rather!” said Barry. “What the deuce happened to me? Did I try to
take a high jump or something?”
“Not exactly,” Dr. Barton replied, sitting on a rail at the end of the
bed and addressing Barry over his shoulder. “You seem to have tried to
climb a tree.”
Barry grinned feebly.
“How’s the Rolls looking?” he inquired.
“That I can’t tell you,” was the reply. “I understand it has been
towed to a garage some miles from here.”
But, even as he listened to Dr. Barton’s answer, Barry’s mind had been
actively at work. A phantom that had been haunting him took human
shape. He recalled every circumstance that had led up to the accident.
His smashed car ceased to interest him. His own condition became a
very trivial matter. One thing, and one thing only, he wanted to know,
and:
“I remember it all clearly,” he said. “I had lost my way. One point I
_must_ clear up.”
“Well, get busy with it,” the genial doctor directed, “because we are
going to have you out of bed, presently, and see how you feel on your
feet.”
“Splendid,” Barry replied. “What I want you to tell me is this: the
exact spot at which the crash took place.”
Dr. Barton shook his head.
“I haven’t the faintest idea!”
“What!” Barry exclaimed. “But whoever brought me here must have known
where he found me!”
“No doubt,” Dr. Barton admitted, “but he didn’t think it necessary to
mention the fact.”
“Perhaps you don’t understand,” Barry went on patiently, “that it’s
rather important. Could you possibly ring up this Good Samaritan and
arrange for me to see him?”
“We _could_--if we knew his number.”
“Didn’t he leave it?”
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