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"Do you still desire that I should do homage to you, Queen, I, your husband?" he asked presently. "Why not?" she replied. "I have spoken. A decree of Pharaoh may not be changed, and though a woman, I am Pharaoh." Now Abi went white with rage, and turned to his guard to bid them drag her from the throne.
Only they fell down upon their faces, both of them, and groaned; beating the floor with their foreheads. At length the icy terror seemed to be lifted from their hearts, and they dared to glance up again, and saw that she was as she had been, a most royal and lovely woman, but no more. "What are you?" gasped Abi.
The white-robed rowers bent to their oars, and the swift boat shot forward up the Nile through a double line of ships of war, all of them crowded with soldiers. Abi looked at these ships which Pharaoh had gathered there to meet him, and thought to himself that Kaku had given wise counsel when he prayed him to attempt no rash deed, for against such surprises clearly Pharaoh was well prepared.
Seize Abi the usurper, the murderer of Pharaoh, his brother, and Kaku the sorcerer, and Merytra the traitress, and lead them at the dawn to my temple upon yonder hill, where I will declare my commands to you in the sanctuary of the temple. So shall peace be upon you and all Egypt, and the breath of life remain in your nostrils."
Moreover, the rear traps had arrived at Abi, by which accident everything seemed to harmonise. This sounded very cheering for the moment, but I soon was damped again. I wanted to move at once, and lose no time in taking full benefit of the opportunity thus offered; but this, like every other proposal that I made, was immediately checked by a cruel device, as unforeseen as it was objectionable.
He pointed with his finger at two stars, which of a sudden shone out through the green haze above the sunset glow, and then turned and looked at the Queen, urging his master eagerly. At last Abi spoke. "Ra is set," he said. "Come, let us make an end of all this folly." "Not yet," answered Tua quietly, "not yet awhile."
"I pray you, my Uncle," interrupted Tua, "correct your words, which should begin 'A burning love of your most excellent Majesty's throne and power move me, and so on." Now Abi frowned while everyone else smiled, not excepting Pharaoh and the astrologer, Kaku.
The liquid was bitter in the extreme, the taste it left in his mouth most horrid. "Now I know I have been hoodwinked," he screamed in rage, and he dashed toward the outer door. "Stay, stay what ails thee?" cried Ben Maslia. "Stop, stop," echoed the servants, as Abi Fressah commenced to run.
From gardens, streets and the courts of temples floated the faint sound of singing and of music, while on the great embattled walls the watchmen called the hour from post to post. It was a wondrous scene, and the heart of Abi swelled as he gazed upon it. What wealth lay yonder, and what power.
She had felt the pinch of hunger yonder in that old temple; her fierce spirit had been tamed; she had kissed the rod, and after long years of waiting, Abi would be Pharaoh in Egypt.
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