Crocodile on the Sandbank Chapter Summary & Analysis - Chapter 11 Summary

Chapter 11 Summary

After Walter and Evelyn announce their engagement, Lucas goes for a walk and is gone through dinner and into the evening. The disappearance of Lucas' two men prompt Emerson to state, with great satisfaction, that they have seen the last of Lord Ellesmere and of the mummy. He is completely convinced that Lucas has been behind the appearance of the mummy, and now that Evelyn has chosen Walter, Lucas is out of business. Amelia is pleased when Lucas appears just at that moment with a bottle of wine to toast his cousin and her future husband. The perverseness of their relationship allows Amelia to delight in the fact that Emerson is wrong. She joins the festivities, proposing a toast herself until the bottle of wine is gone. Now that Lucas is back, Emerson's theories appear to be incorrect. Lucas is set for the first watch and they all retire. Amelia...
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