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"Because this is the land of a great lord named Sesofris." "Ho! ho!" laughed Ramses. "Laugh not, for Thou wilt grow pale soon. The lord Sesofris is secretary to the lord Chaires, who carries his fan for the most worthy nomarch of Memphis. My father has seen him and fallen on his face before him." "Ho! ho! ho!" repeated Ramses, laughing continually.
Then from beyond the hilltop was heard the sound of a trumpet. "They are calling thee!" cried Tutmosis. "And if I were as great a lord as thy Sesofris?" asked Ramses. "Then maybe" answered Sarah. "And if I carried the fan of the nomarch of Memphis?" "Thou mayest be even as great as that." Somewhere beyond the hill was heard the second trumpet. "Come, Ramses!" insisted the frightened Tutmosis.
Thy sword," said she, turning to Ramses, "is set with emeralds, and on thy neck is a chain of such work as even our lord, the great Sesofris, has not in his treasury." "Better tell me if I please thee," insisted Ramses, pressing her hand and looking into her eyes tenderly. "Thou art beautiful, as beautiful as the angel Gabriel; but I fear thee, for I know not who Thou art."
Then I stated that he might receive another talent yearly in gold and silver. He sighed and declared that his daughter had spent three years at school in Pi-Bailos; I added another talent. Then Gideon, still disconsolate, remembered that he would lose his very good position of manager for the lord Sesofris. I told him that he need not lose that place, and added ten milch cows from thy stables.
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