Sethos

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> Sethos was offended. “I do not murder women,” he said haughtily. - *Lion in the Valley*
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## Appears In

* *The Mummy Case*
* *Lion in the Valley*

## Disguises

* Father Girgis in *The Mummy Case*
* INSERT in Lion in the Valley

## The Master Criminal

I speak most of the European languages with equal facility. Speculate, Professor—speculate! You are a determined pair of busybodies. If you had kept out of my way, you would not be in danger. - The Master Criminal in *The Mummy Case*

He laughed and replied, in English as unaccented as his Arabic had been, “A melodramatic term, Mrs. Emerson. I am only the chairman of a business organization with whose operations you and your family have been interfering.” - The Master Criminal in *The Mummy Case*

Mr. Nemo: He has no name, only a variety of appellations. Those in his employ, I believe, refer to him as the Master. To others, less intimately associated with him, he is known as Sethos. - Mr. Nemo in *Lion in the Valley*

## The Master Criminal Brainstorming

### The Mummy Case

I am referring, Emerson, to the recent, unprecedented flood of stolen objects you and Walter were discussing. You yourself said that some new player must have entered the game--some unknown genius of crime, who has organized the independent thieves into one great conspiracy. - Amelia Peabody in *The Mummy Case*

“But who is that unknown superior? (If you have no objection Peabody, I prefer that term to ‘Master Criminal,” which smacks too strongly of the type of sensational literature to which I object.) Our deductions may be valid so far as they go, but we are still in the dark as to the identity of the person who is behind all this.” - Radcliffe Emerson in *The Mummy Case*

### Lion in the Valley

Only Sethos could be so bold; only he could carry out such a daring plot. - Amelia Peabody

> “He is Mrs. Axhammer.”
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> “The viscount,” Emerson growled.
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> “Mr. Gregson,” piped Ramses.
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> His high-pitch voice contrasted so oddly with his father’s baritone grumble that Emerson and I both burst out laughing. Ramses contemplated us haughtily down the length of his nose. “I fail to see the humor in the situation,” he said.”
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“But Mama has raised a point worthy of consideration,” piped Ramses. “We know this gentleman has a peculiar sense of humor and a fondness for challenging his opponents. What if this alias is in itself a joke and a challenge?”
“On the whole, Amelia,” said Emerson in a reflective voice, “I believe I prefer even the atrocious term Master Criminal to genius of crime.”

> “Yes, yes,” Emerson said. “But the name has another significance which seems to have eluded you.”
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> “Sethos the First was the father of Ramses the Second,” squeaked our son of the same name.
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> His father gave him a look of pure dislike--one of the few times I have seen Emerson regard the boy with disfavor.
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“Who attacked us and harassed us at Mazghunah last year? Who organized the inefficient amateur tomb robbers of Egypt into a great professional conspiracy? Who is a master of disguise, as was proved by his appearance in the role of Father Girgis, priest of the church at Mazghunah? Who, Emerson?

Emerson, breathing furiously through his nose, did not reply. “The Master Criminal,” piped Ramses.