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Apparently, White girls who even in a semi-conscious state uphold the honour of the Empire by giving a shiver of repulsion when touched by a Black man were extremely popular 😜 However, the book seems to have been extremely popular because it had gone into a second printing right in the month of its first printing: January 1927. The end is so hurried that it leaves many threads hanging out. This novel begins extremely well and I thought it was going to be another Monkey’s Paw but it soon descends into the savagery of the Black races the unspeakable rites the horror of mixed-races and the divine right of White womanhood🥱 īut what I found unforgiveable was the fact that no explanation (not even a supernatural one) was given for certain incidents. That day as a nervous Grennel gets into bed, he smells again the curious spices and then the handle of his room shakes violently. It seems there is a curse on the hand because it reads: “The Hand shall seek you out”.
The next day, Crammond tells Grennel that the hand has disappeared but that he has been able to decipher the curious wording on the papyrus. Grennel who knows the absentmindedness of his friend, pinches the hand and takes it home. There is a papyrus alongside but before Crammond can decipher the hieroglyphics, there is a telephone call for him and he goes out to attend it. When the object is unwrapped, a curious smell of spices fills the air and both men are assaulted by a feeling of apprehension. Of the items, Crammond is most excited about the mummified hand of Egyptian princess Nepert who lived some six-thousand years ago. When the novel opens, the two men are in Crammond’s place, going through the lot that he has recently purchased. Grennel and Crammond (I think they have first names too but they never registered and I am too bored to look them up) are two collectors but while Crammond is someone who is generally interested in the antique artifacts that come his way as a way of increasing his knowledge, Grennel is a fence who is unscrupulous in his buying and selling of the artifacts.
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