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My uncle was present, and would have pounced upon the poet, but Ameni took him under his protection. What was finally decided, the pupils could not learn, but it must have been something bad, for the son of the Treasurer heard Ameni saying, after the sitting, to old Gagabu: 'Punishment he deserves, but I will not let him be overwhelmed; and he can have meant no one but Pentaur.
Come here, Gagabu, and examine Paaker's wound, which is no disgrace to him for it was inflicted by a prince." The old man loosened the bandage from the pioneer's swollen hand. "That was a bad blow," he exclaimed; "three fingers are broken, and do you see? the emerald too in your signet ring."
"Spoken to my very soul!" cried the treasurer of the temple, "Ameni initiated this boy too early into the mysteries." "In my opinion, and I am his teacher," said Gagabu, "our brotherhood may be proud of a member who adds so brilliantly to the fame of our temple. The people hear the hymns without looking closely at the meaning of the words.
"Spoken to my very soul!" cried the treasurer of the temple, "Ameni initiated this boy too early into the mysteries." "In my opinion, and I am his teacher," said Gagabu, "our brotherhood may be proud of a member who adds so brilliantly to the fame of our temple. The people hear the hymns without looking closely at the meaning of the words.
Now he said, turning to the priests from Chennu "Gagabu is a foolish, hot-headed old man, and you have heard from his lips just such a sermon as the young scribes keep by them when they enter on the duties of the care of souls. His sentiments are excellent, but he easily overlooks small things for the sake of great ones.
My uncle was present, and would have pounced upon the poet, but Ameni took him under his protection. What was finally decided, the pupils could not learn, but it must have been something bad, for the son of the Treasurer heard Ameni saying, after the sitting, to old Gagabu: 'Punishment he deserves, but I will not let him be overwhelmed; and he can have meant no one but Pentaur.
In a few moments they both entered the great hall, which was brilliantly lighted. Not one of the chiefs of the House of Seti was absent. Ameni sat on a raised seat at a long table; on his right hand was old Gagabu, on his left the third Prophet of the temple.
"I have shown the hideous sores of this man's soul," said the old man, as he rose to quit the hall. "Your praise will aggravate them, your blame will tend to heal them. Nay, if you are not content to do your duty, old Gagabu will come some day with his knife, and will throw the sick man down and cut out the canker." During this speech the haruspex had frequently shrugged his shoulders.
There Pentaur found his old friend Gagabu, who wept with delight at his safety. All that his master had accused him of seemed to be forgotten. Ameni had him clothed in a fresh white robe, he was never tired of looking at him, and over and over again clapped his hand upon his shoulder, as if he were his own son that had been lost and found again.
"He was a steady learner, but of moderate ability." "Is the rank of Mohar then as high as that of a prince of the empire?" "By no means." "How then is it ?" "It is, as it is," interrupted Gagabu. "The son of the vine-dresser has his mouth full of grapes, and the child of the door-keeper opens the lock with words." "Never mind," said an old priest who had hitherto kept silence.
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