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тАЬThe people on the ship,тАЭ Neil says, ignoring her. тАЬHad any of them committed some horrible sin?тАЭ

тАЬMy ankle hurts,тАЭ Lissa says. тАЬCome on.тАЭ

тАЬI have to go,тАЭ Neil says, almost reluctantly. тАЬWhy donтАЩt you come with us?тАЭ

I glance at Lissa, expecting her to be looking daggers at Neil, but she is watching me with bright, lidless
eyes.

тАЬYes. Come with us,тАЭ she says, and waits for my answer.

I lied to Lissa about the ending of Death on the Nile. It was the wife they killed. I toy with the idea that
they have committed some horrible sin, that I am lying in my hotel room in Athens, my temple black
with blood and powder burns. I would be the only one here then, and Lissa and Neil would be demigods
disguised to look like them. Or monsters.

тАЬIтАЩd better not,тАЭ I say, and back away from them.

тАЬLetтАЩs go then,тАЭ Lissa says to Neil, and they start off across the sand. Lissa is limping badly, and before
they have gone very far, Neil stops and takes off his shoes.

The sky behind the Pyramids is purple blue, and the Pyramids stand out flat and black against it.

тАЬCome on,тАЭ Zoe calls from the top of the steps. She is holding the flashlight and looking at the
guidebook. тАЬI want to see the Weighing of the Soul.тАЭ




CHAPTER SEVEN:


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 Death on the Nile


OFF THE BEATEN TRACK


Zoe is already halfway down the steps when I get back, shining her flashlight on the door below her.
тАЬWhen the tomb was discovered, the door was plastered over and stamped with the seals bearing the
cartouche of Tutankhamun,тАЭ she says.

тАЬItтАЩll be dark soon,тАЭ I call down to her. тАЬMaybe we should go back to the hotel with Lissa and Neil.тАЭ I
look back across the desert, but they are already out of sight.

Zoe is gone, too. When I look back down the steps, there is nothing but darkness. тАЬZoe!тАЭ I shout, and
run down the sand-drifted steps after her. тАЬWait!тАЭ

The door to the tomb is open, and I can see the light from her flashlight bobbing on rock walls and