Chapter 29: The Hieroglyphic Letter

⁠​​​‌​​​​​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​​‌​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​⁠A period of anxiety now commenced to which it seemed impossible to imagine any end other than the return of Zalithea. The idea that he should never see her again was one that Barry simply could not contemplate. The mystery of her disappearance baffled all conjecture.

Short of the theory of drowning both in the case of Zalithea and of Safîyeh, no feasible explanation presented itself. At John Cumber