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TO DR. WALLIS BUDGE OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED AS A SMALL TOKEN OF GRATITUDE FOR HIS UNFAILING KINDNESS AND HELP IN THE MAKING OF IT.

CONTENTS

• I. THE PSAMMEAD 15
• II. THE HALF AMULET 37
• III. THE PAST 56
• IV. EIGHT THOUSAND YEARS AGO 73
• V. THE FIGHT IN THE VILLAGE 97
• VI. THE WAY TO BABYLON 119
• VII. “THE DEEPEST DUNGEON BELOW THE CASTLE MOAT” 144
• VIII. THE QUEEN IN LONDON 172
• IX. ATLANTIS 204
• X. THE LITTLE BLACK GIRL AND JULIUS CÆSAR 231
• XI. BEFORE PHARAOH 256
• XII. THE SORRY‐PRESENT, AND THE EXPELLED LITTLE BOY 288
• XIII. THE SHIPWRECK ON THE TIN ISLANDS 319
• XIV. THE HEART’S DESIRE 345

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

• THE OTHERS STOOD LOOKING AFTER HER. Frontispiece
• HE FOUND HIMSELF FACE TO FACE WITH THE PSAMMEAD! 28
• “BUT THERE’S ONLY HALF OF IT HERE!” 48
• IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WALL WAS A MUMMY‐CASE 58
• THE OPENING OF THE ARCH WAS SMALL, BUT CYRIL SAW THAT HE COULD GET THROUGH IT 78
• THE GIRL HELD OUT HER ARM. ANTHEA SLID THE BANGLE ON IT 84
• THE CROWD PAUSED A DOZEN YARDS AWAY TO LOOK AT THE LACE COLLAR 90
• A MAN BOUNDED IN THROUGH THE OPENING IN THE THORN‐HEDGE 95
• “THESE ARE YOUR FOLK,” SAID THE HEADMAN, TURNING SUDDENLY AND ANGRILY ON CYRIL 100
• EVERY MAN, WOMAN, AND CHILD IN THE VILLAGE FELL ON ITS FACE ON THE SAND 104
• page: 12
• OUT PEEPED THE BAT’S EARS AND SNAIL’S EYES OF THE PSAMMEAD 111
• OUT BEYOND IT WAS THE GLARING EGYPTIAN SKY, THE BROKEN WALL, THE CRUEL, DARK, BIG‐NOSED FACE 114
• IN FRONT OF THEM THEY COULD SEE A GREAT MASS OF BUILDINGS 132
• THEY APPROACHED THE GATES OF BABYLON 134" >134
• “THREE CHILDREN FROM THE LAND WHERE THE SUN NEVER SETS” 142
• DIFFERENT PEOPLE CAME AND DID AMUSING THINGS 158
• THE KING STOOD UPRIGHT, PERFECTLY STILL, LIKE THE STATUE OF A KING IN STONE 162
• NISROCH RAISED HIS GREAT ARM AND POINTED AT THE WALL OF THE DUNGEON 168
• “HOLD IT UP, AND SAY THE WORD,” CRIED CYRIL 171
• “I NEVER COME OUT LIKE THIS,” SAID THE BOOTLACE‐SELLER 183
• IT WAS FOLLOWED BY MORE STONE IMAGES 190
• “I’LL LEND YOU A POUND,” SAID THE LEARNED GENTLEMAN 194
• ALL THE PEOPLE IN THAT STREET FOUND THEIR HANDS FULL OF THINGS TO EAT AND DRINK 197
• “THE STONE IS OF OUR COUNTRY,” HE SAID 213
• IT WAS A GLORIOUS RIDE 217
• “BEHOLD THE TEMPLE OF POSEIDON,” SAID THE CAPTAIN 221
• page: 13
• THEY ALL HID THEIR EYES FOR A MOMENT 227
• ANTHEA SPREAD THE COAT ON THE GROUND, AND PUTTING THE PSAMMEAD ON IT, FOLDED IT ROUND 241
• “OH, IT IS MOTHER—IT IS!” CRIED IMOGEN‐FROM‐LONDON 245
• JULIUS CÆSAR SAT ON A CHAIR OUTSIDE HIS TENT 249
• THEY EXPLAINED THE GUN TO CÆSAR VERY FULLY 252
• “LET US STRIKE FOR MORE BREAD AND ONIONS AND BEER,” THE SPEAKER WENT ON 265
• PHARAOH EXAMINED ALL THE THINGS WITH GREAT INTEREST 276
• “WELL!” SAID THE SOLDIER WHEN HE CAME IN, “I REALLY AM —” 281
• THE SOLDIER FELL FLAT ON HIS FACE AMONG THE JEWELS 286
• RIGHT IN FRONT OF THEM, UNDER A GLASS CASE, WAS THE AMULET 295
• THERE WAS A BIG GARDEN WITH TREES AND FLOWERS AND SMOOTH GREEN LAWNS 298
• A LADY IN SOFT GREEN CLOTHES CAME OUT 303
• “OH, LOOK AT THEIR FACES, THEIR HORRIBLE FACES!” SHE CRIED 310
• AT A TABLE BY THE WINDOW SAT THE LEARNED GENTLEMAN 312
• THEY WERE FASTENING RUSH BASKETS TO A LONG ROPE 323
• “THAT’S JOLLY GOOD,” SAID ROBERT, AS A NAKED BROWN ODY CLEFT THE WATER 329
• page: 14
• PHELES, CROUCHED BESIDE A DIM LANTERN, STEERED BY THE SHILLING COMPASS 339
• THE WORD WAS SPOKEN, AND THE TWO GREAT ARCHES GREW 342">342
• THE PRIEST WAS JERKED BACK BY A ROPE THROWN OVER HIS HEAD 353
• “THEY ARE COMING!” CRIED REKH‐MARA 363
• THE CHILDREN CAST DOWN THEIR EYES. AND SO DID EVERY ONE 369