Die Mumie von Rotterdam. Zweiter Theil

Two eager pupils of Professor Eobanus Hazenbrook stride away from their mentor’s study, hearts full of romantic ambition. Their feet carry them to the bustling harbor of Rotterdam, where a maze of ships—bound for Constantinople, the East Indies, Copenhagen—glitters under a bright sky. In lively banter they cast themselves as modern knights, searching for a “lady of the lake” and a hidden talisman that will unlock countless doors.

At the water’s edge they encounter a slumbering, inebriated dockhand, his breath scented with wormwood spirit. Impulsively, the friends try to “save” him, hauling him onto a pile of wool sacks with a mixture of bravado and clumsiness that only deepens the sailor’s confused fury. Their antics reveal a harbor teeming with colorful characters, secret rumors of the vanished Clelia van Vlieten, and the promise of an adventure that will test both their ideals and their capacity for mischief.