In this
chapter, which is entitled "Prisoners of Fear", Elizabeth turns out to be a perfect
addition to the Egypt Game group because she is "just crazy about every part" of it.
The four children have fun in Egypt, with Marshall playing the role of the young pharaoh,
Elizabeth being the queen, Neferbeth, and April and Melanie acting as priestesses. Their play
in interrupted, however, when a little girl who lives in the neighborhood is killed, and her
body found in the marshland near the bay. Because the same thing had happened about a year
before to a little boy, and the police think the perpetrator might be someone who lives in the
area.
Parents become very frightened as a result of these incidents,
and...
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