Chapter 12: A Discovery

⁠​​​‌​​​​​‌​​​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​⁠Three days went by, and Professor Braddock still remained absent in London, although an occasional letter to Lucy requested such and such an article from the museum to be forwarded, sometimes by post and on other occasions by Cockatoo, who traveled up to town especially. The Kanaka always returned with the news that his master was looking well, but brought no word of the Professor's return. Lucy w