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V. 5L THE MUMMY. CHAPTER I. The tumuli had now nearly subsided. The late busy crowd had flown, uttering shrieks of horror and dismay; and of all the countless mass of human beings that had so lately thronged around, none now remained but Edmund and Father Morris, who supported Claudia ; and the Duke and Henry Seymour, who still remained near the insensible form of Elvira ; the eyes of all being chained, as though by magic, upon the horrid vision before them ; whilst they, pale and immovable as the sculp- VOL. II. B