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"If there be here among us," he said, presently, "one who long after my day ruled as queen in Egypt, one who was named Ma-Me, let her draw near." Now from where she stood glided Ma-Mee and took her place opposite to Smith. "Say, O Queen," asked Menes, "do you know aught of this matter?" "I know that hand; it was my own hand," she answered. "I know that ring; it was my ring.
"I am quite aware," said Smith, "and I will be sure to send you a replica, with photographs. Also I promise to leave the original to some museum by will." The Director clasped the image tenderly, and, holding it to the light, read the broken cartouche beneath the breasts. "'Ma-Me, Great Royal Lady. Beloved of Beloved of whom? Well, of Smith, for one.
These it is needless to describe, for are they not to be seen in the gold room of the Museum, labelled "Bijouterie de la Reine Ma-Me, XVIIIeme Dynastie. For instance, there was but one of the great gold ceremonial ear-rings fashioned like a group of pomegranate blooms, and the most beautiful of the necklaces had been torn in two half of it was missing.
Beloved of " Here the cartouche was broken away. "Ma-Me, or it might be Ma-Mi," he reflected. "I never heard of a queen called Ma-Me, or Ma-Mi, or Ma-Mu. She must be quite new to history. I wonder of whom she was beloved? Amen, or Horus, or Isis, probably. Of some god, I have no doubt, at least I hope so!"
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