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"His holiness, the lord of both worlds has given command to receive thee into his guard," repeated Tutmosis. "My health and life belong to our lord. May he live through eternity!" exclaimed Eunana, and he kissed the footstool beneath the feet of the pharaoh. Eunana, now made happy, moved backward, falling on his face after every couple of steps, and left the tent, blessing his sovereign.
"An arrow does not go so quickly to its mark as my request will fly to the divine feet of his holiness," replied Eunana.
May thy works continue, and may the current not be interrupted when Thou shalt sail by the Nile to the other shore." "I ask what thy wish is," repeated Herhor. "He wishes that this canal be not filled in," said Eunana. Herhor shrugged his shoulders and pushed toward the place where they were filling the canal. Then the despairing man seized his feet.
Tutmosis again was in trouble: "That night," thought he, "when they took a naked man to Eunana, the pharaoh said that he was going to see Hiram. But as Hiram was not in Thebes, then what? Well, his holiness knew not at the moment that of which he himself was talking." Tutmosis returned home dazed.
"Pure truth flows from thy lips, worthiness," added Eunana. "Were it not for my wonderful sight, I should not have seen the two scarabs." "Yes, and Thou wouldst not have saved our camp from sacrilege. For this deed, worthy of the most pious Egyptian, I give thee." Here the minister took a gold ring from his finger.
"Shall we meet scarabs again?" asked Ramses, with a laugh. "We shall see," answered Herhor. They looked; on the slender tree a naked man was hanging. "What does this mean?" asked the heir, with emotion. Adjutants ran to the tree, and saw that the hanging man was that old slave whose canal they had closed in the morning. "He did right to hang himself!" cried Eunana among the officers.
"Are ye prepared for death?" inquired Tutmosis. "We will die with thee, lord, for his holiness!" exclaimed Eunana. "Ye will not die, but ye will overcome vile criminals," replied Tutmosis. "Soldiers belonging to this expedition will become officers, and officers will be advanced two degrees. I say this to you, I, Tutmosis, supreme chief by the will of the pharaoh." "Live Thou forever!"
My master promised that if I should bring water to this little valley he would make me a servant in it, give me one fifth of the harvests, and grant me freedom do you hear? Freedom to me and my three children! O gods!" He raised his hands and turned again to Eunana, "They do not understand me, these vagrants from beyond the sea, descendants of dogs, brothers to Jews and Phoenicians!
"Of course," continued Eunana, glancing toward Herhor, "I and my people, as piety enjoins, rendered homage to the golden symbols of the sun, and halted. That augury is of such import that no man of us would make a step forward unless commanded."
"Libya," said the inquirer, and pushed back suddenly, as if frightened. The man was an officer of the guard. The pharaoh looked at him, and said, "Ah, this is Eunana! What art Thou doing in this place?" "I am going around the gardens; I do so a couple of times nightly, for thieves steal in sometimes." "Thou dost wisely. But remember the first duty of an officer of the guard is silence.
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