TAA i.12.07

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                                         TUTANKHAMUN

With trembling hands I made a tiny breach in the upper left hand

corner. Darkness and blank space as far as an o/<i>ron testing

rod could reack/<h>, showed that whatever lay beyond was empty and not

filled like the passage we had just cleared. Candle tests were

applied as a precaution against possible foul gases, and then,

widening the hole a little, I inserted the candle and peered in,[.]

Lord Carnavon, Lady Evelyn, and Callender standing anxiously 

beside me to hear the verdict. At first I could see nothing

the hot air escaping from <the chamber caused> the candle flame to flicker, but

presently, as my eyes grew accustomed to the light, details of

the room within emerged slowly from the mist, _strange animals

statues and gold_ everywhere the glint of gold. For the

moment_ an eternity it must have seemed to the others standing

by _I was struck dumb with amazement, and when Lord Carnavon 

unable to stand the the suspense any longer, inquired anxiously,

“Can you see anything?” it was all I could do d/<t>o get out the 

words, “Yes wonderful things”.