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But, lo! now no longer was it dead; nay, it laughed and laughed, and seeing him, seemed to throw its arms about his neck, and to kiss him on the lips. Moreover, the agony in the woman's eyes turned to joy unspeakable, and she became more beautiful than a star. Then, laughing like the child, Merapi turned to Seti, beckoned, and was gone. "We have seen the dead," he said to me presently, "and, oh!
"Whatever may be the mind of Egypt, just now I hold the Present enough for me," and he glanced first at the chair in which Merapi had been seated and then at the cloth upon which his son had lain. "I take back my words. The Prince is wiser than I thought. Magicians know the future because at times it rushes down upon them and they must.
As we stood there that morning on the top of Boroboedoer's highest bell, lines of Edna St. Vincent Millay swung into my soul: "All I could see from where I stood Was three tall mountains and a wood." Only in this instance all I could see were three volcanos. And the one in the center, old Merapi was belching out a trail of black smoke. These three volcanos, take turns through the centuries.
At this moment he caught sight of Merapi, who had moved back into the shadow. "Hail to you also, Moon of Israel," he said bowing. "If I name Ana here a warrior of the best, what name can both of us find for you to whom we owe our lives? Nay, look not down, but answer." "Prince of Egypt," she replied confusedly, "I did but little.
It is not a matter of what we wish to do, Merapi, it is a matter of what Fate has decreed we shall do. Now, answer again." But she made no answer, and when I looked up after a little moment she was in his arms and her lips were upon his lips. Thus did Prince Seti of England and Merapi, Moon of Israel, come together at Memphis in Egypt.
"Nay, Pharaoh, the Queen of Egypt." By Seti's side there was another throne, that in which he had set dead Merapi with a crown upon her head. He turned and looked at it a while. Then, he said: "I see that this seat is empty. Let the Queen of Egypt take her place there if so she wills."
Of poems, I suppose, and silliness. Or will it be perchance of Merapi, Moon of Israel, whom I gather both of you think so beautiful. Well, have your way. You tell me that I am not to accompany you upon this journey, I your new-made wife, and now I find that it is because you wish my place to be filled by a writer of tales whom you picked up the other day your 'twin in Ra' forsooth!
Drag him forth and kill him beyond the wall!" Again they began to move, when a man, in whom I recognized Jabez, the uncle of Merapi, called aloud: "Cease! If this Prince of Egypt has done insult to Jahveh by will and not by chance, it is certain that he will avenge himself upon him. Shall men take the judgment of God into their own hands? Stand back and wait awhile.
"My lord," said Merapi in a kind of cry, "I pray you go not, leaving me alone." "Why should I leave you, Lady? Come with me if you will." She shook her head, saying: "I dare not. Prince, there has been some charm upon me of late that draws me back to my own people.
He hesitated a moment, then snatched up the bundle and set it on his head. As we walked side by side, his evil temper seemed to get the better of him. Without ceasing, he grumbled because Merapi was alone in the chariot with an Egyptian. At length I could bear it no longer. "Be silent, fellow," I said.
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