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"Had he, so far as you know, any reasons for wishing to disappear?"

"No"

"When and where did you last see hi, on the fourteenth of October, nineteen hundred and two, at 141 Queen Square, Bloomsbury"

"Kindly tell us what happened on that occasion"

"The testator had called for me at my office at a quarter past three, and asked me to come with him to his house to meet Doctor Norbury I accompanied him to 141 Queen Square, and shortly after we arrived Doctor Norbury caive to the British Museuift consisted of a mummy with the four Canopic jars and other tomb-furniture, which the testator stipulated should be exhibited together in a single case and in the state in which they were then presented Of these objects, the mummy only was ready for inspection The toland, but was expected within a week Doctor Norbury accepted the gift on behalf of the Museum, but could not take possession of the objects until he had communicated with the Director and obtained his forave ift, as he was leaving England that evening"

"Are those instructions relevant to the subject of this inquiry?"

"I think they are The testator was going to Paris, and perhaps from thence to Vienna He instructed me to receive and unpack the tomb-furniture on its arrival, and to store it, with the mummy, in a particular room, where it was to remain for three weeks If he returned within that time he was to hand it over in person to the Museum authorities; if he had not returned within that time, he desired me to notify the Museum authorities that they were at liberty to take possession of and remove the collection at their convenience Froathered that the testator was uncertain as to the length of his absence froland and the extent of his journey"

"Did he state precisely where he was going?"

"No He said that he was going to Paris and perhaps to Vienna, but he gave no particulars and I asked for none"

"Do you, in fact, knohere he went?"

"No He left the house at six o'clock wearing a long, heavy overcoat and carrying a suit-case and an umbrella I wished hi towards Southampton Row I have no idea where he went, and I never saw hiain"