e been awakened。
The last time we dined in pany it was decided that we should proffer to you； in humble acknowledgment of our respect and thanks； our united most hearty good wishes for your happiness； contentment and general well…being； with the hope that you may be spared to enrich your fellow…creatures and ing generations with the fair products of your fertile mind。
We beg you； dear sir； to believe us；
Yours faithfully；
A。 Damek； Crawford； C。 Horstek；
German； Scotchman； Englishman；
S。 Jordan； E。 Poesetzlin； L。 Stark；
Frenchman； Swiss； Hungarian；
Electrical Engineers。
This； I think； was a very satisfactory letter for an author to receive。
Chapter 11 EGYPT
Leave for Egypt — Reincarnation — Boulak Museum — Excavations — Removal of mummies — Nofertari — Adventure in tomb — Mr。 Brownrigg’s danger on Pyramid — Cyprus — Article on “Fiction” — “Jess” — Home by long sea — “Cleopatra” — “Colonel Quaritch； V。C。” — Press attacks — Publishing arrangements — Lang’s advice — “Cleopatra” dedicated to H。 R。 H。‘s mother — Her death — Savile Club — Thomas Hardy — H。 R。 H。 weary of writing novels — Lang’s encouragement — Allan Quatermain and Umslopogaas — Winston Churchill’s approval — Letters from W。 E。 Henley — “Maiwa’s Revenge” — “Beatrice” — Collaboration with Lang in “The World’s Desire” — Letters from Lang — “The Song of the Bow。”
After “She” had been fairly launched； and the proofs of “Jess” passed for press； I started； in January 1887； on a journey to Egypt。 From a boy ancient Egypt had fascinated me； and I had read everything concerning it on which I could lay hands。 Now I was possessed by a great desire to see it for myself； and to write a romance on the subject of “Cleopatra；” a sufficiently am