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Under this he wrote further to the villagers, charging them, in the name of the goddess, to care for the body reverently and return it to the tomb of Atsu's fathers. Having made note of the emerald as remuneration for their labors, he completed the inscription without signature.
"Aye, holy Father; this message to the taskmaster over Pa-Ramesu." "Ah," the old man said. "Is that not yet gone?" "Nay, the Pharaoh asks that thou insert the name of him whom thou didst recommend for Atsu's place. The Son of Ptah had forgotten him." The old man pushed several scrolls aside and prepared to make the addition..
The question was delivered politely, but the old man thrust his curious face forward and shook his head with a combination of interrogation and dissent, which was highly insincere. "I have received naught which was not intended for me," the taskmaster replied warmly. After a moment's intent contemplation of Atsu's face the courier went on: "Nay, so had I thought.
At that moment the courier caught sight of Rachel flying up the valley and, flinging a document at Atsu's feet, started to pursue. Atsu halted him with an iron hand, and Deborah paused to see no more. With a prayer she ran up the valley the way Rachel had taken.
When Atsu emerged from the mouth of the little valley into the quarries some time after the midday meal, he was confronted by the murket and the royal scribe. Neither of the men was unknown to him. Hotep halted him. "Was there a guest with the fair-haired Israelite maiden last night?" the scribe asked. Atsu's face, pinched and darker than usual, blazed wrathfully.
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