They made a little hole in the door. Carter looked through it with one eye. Lord Carnarvon and I waited. Carter said nothing.
‘What can you see?’ asked Lord Carnarvon at last.
‘Wonderful things!’ answered Mr Carter slowly.
Then Lord Carnarvon and I looked. We saw gold and jewels and treasure everywhere behind the door.
‘ I can see golden animals and chairs and---‘
‘Shh,’ said Mr Carter, ‘More quietly, please, Tariq! We don’t want everyone to hear.’
‘Tomorrow we must cover the doors and the steps with sand again,’ said Lord Carnarvon. ‘But tonight…’
He stopped speaking. He and Mr Carter looked at me.
I looked from Lord Carnarvon to Mr Carter. ‘ can we go into the tomb tonight?’ I asked. ‘ to have a look?’
‘what do you want to do?’ asked Lord Carnarvon. ‘I think your father would like you to come with us.’
I didn’t take long to answer. ‘I’m coming.’ I said.
We’re going into the tomb at midnight with lights. We must wait for some hours. When everyone in the camp is sleeping we can go.