And，moreover，itwasnecessarytopreservethebodyatwhatevercost，foracertain/double/ofthedeadmancontinuedtodwellinthedryflesh，andretainedakindofhalflife，barelyconscious.Lyingatthebottomofthesarcophagusitwasabletosee，byvirtueofthosetwoeyes，whichwerepaintedonthelid，alwaysinthesameaxisastheemptyeyesofthemummy.Sometimes，too，this/double/，escapingfromthemummyanditsbox，usedtowanderlikeaphantomaboutthehypogeum.And，inorderthatatsuchtimesitmightbeabletoobtainnourishment，amassofmummifiedviandswrappedinbandageswereamongstthethousandandonethingsburiedatitsside.Evennatronandoilswereleft，sothatitmightre—embalmitself，ifthewormscametolifeinitsmembers.
Oh！thepersistenceofthis/double/，sealedthereinthetomb，apreytoanxiety，lestcorruptionshouldtakeholdofit;whichhadtoserveitslongdurationinsuffocatingdarkness，inabsolutesilence，withoutanythingtomarkthedaysandnights，ortheseasonsorthecenturies，orthetensofcenturieswithoutend！Itwaswithsuchaterribleconceptionofdeathasthisthateachoneinthosedayswasabsorbedinthepreparationofhiseternalchamber.
AndforAmenophisII.thismoreorlessiswhathappenedtohis/double/.Unaccustomedtoanykindofnoise，afterthreeorfourhundredyearspassedinthecompanyofcertainfamiliars，lulledinthesameheavyslumberashimself，heheardthesoundofmuffledblowsinthedistance，bythesideofthehiddenwell.Thesecretentrancewasdiscovered：menwerebreakingthroughitswalls！Livingbeingswereabouttoappear，pillagersoftombs，nodoubt，cometounswathethemall！Butno！OnlysomepriestsofOsiris，advancingwithfearinafuneralprocession.Theybroughtninegreatcoffinscontainingthemummiesofninekings，hissons，grandsonsandotherunknownsuccessors，downtothatKingSetnakht，whogovernedEgypttwoandahalfcenturiesafterhim.Itwassimplytohidethembetterthattheybroughtthemhither，andplacedthemalltogetherinachamberthatwasimmediatelywalledup.Thentheydeparted.Thestonesofthedoorweresealedafresh，andeverythingfellagainintotheoldmournfulandburningdarkness.
Slowlythecenturiesrolledon——perhapsten，perhapstwenty——inasilencenolongerevendisturbedbythescratchingsoftheworms，longsincedead.Andadaycamewhen，atthesideoftheentrance，thesameblowswereheardagainAndthistimeitwastherobbers.
Carryingtorchesintheirhands，theyrushedheadlongin，withshoutsandcriesand，exceptinthesafehiding—placeoftheninecoffins，everythingwasplundered，thebandagestornoff，thegoldentrinketssnatchedfromthenecksofthemummies.Then，whentheyhadsortedtheirbooty，theywalleduptheentranceasbefore，andwenttheirway，leavinganinextricableconfusionofshrouds，ofhumanbodies，ofentrailsissuingfromshatteredvases，ofbrokengodsandemblems.