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Updated: May 13, 2025
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.
That is the privilege of humbler folk like you and me, Merytra. Say, is she suspicious about Prince Abi, I mean?" "I do not know, but Asti, her nurse and favourite lady, the wife of Mermes and mother of Rames, is suspicious enough. She is a greater magician than you are, Kaku, and if she could have had her way Pharaoh would never have set foot in Memphis.
Are not these the very things that you desire, and have worked for years to win?" "Yes, Kaku, but you forget all that about one Rames, and the tomb that I must hollow, and the rest." "Rames? Merytra here can tell you of him, Prince.
"It was a very dirty trick you played me, Merytra," went on Kaku with indignation, for the rich wine coursing through his blood revived the sting of his loss. "You know how fond I always was of you, and indeed am still," he added, gazing at her admiringly. "I felt that I was not worthy of so learned and distinguished a man," she replied, looking at him with her dark eyes.
"That is not to be wondered at, Nurse, seeing that doubtless it came from this Kaku, Abi's astrologer and magician." "No, Queen, it is not to be wondered at, especially as she paid back secret for secret.
"I do, for one, when they cut my mouth with broken crystals," interrupted Merytra, who was bathing her wounds in a basin of water. "Would that they had cut your tongue instead of your lips, Woman," snarled Abi. "Continue, Kaku, and heed her not." "And what was his message?" went on the magician. "Why, that you shall marry the Majesty of Egypt, and rule in her right and sit in the seat of kings.
So they swore, both of them, by the holy name of Osiris, the judge and the redeemer. "Captain," said Abi, "you have served me well. Your pay is doubled, and I confirm the promise that I made to you should I ever rule yonder you shall be my general." While the soldier bowed his thanks, the prince said to Kaku, "Master of the stars, my gold cup is yours. Is there aught else of mine that you desire?"
"Nay, it is the mother goddess Nout brooding upon the world," answered another. And though they only spoke softly, in that awful silence their voices reached Tua on the throne, and for the first time her face changed, for on it came a cold, curious smile. Kaku began to whisper into Abi's ear, and there was fear in the eyes of both of them.
The army of the confederates, however, having suffered such a signal defeat, Sílim thought it prudent to fall back and take refuge in a fort. But Minúchihr went in pursuit, and besieged the castle. One day a warrior named Kakú made a sally out of the fort, and approaching the centre of the besieging army, threw a javelin at Minúchihr, which, however, fell harmless before it reached its aim.
Now Abi shook with anger, for he thought that all this tale was a trick and a snare. But knowing that his peril was great there in the hand of Pharaoh, he answered only that when this Morning Star arose, his star should do it reverence, though as the words passed his lips he remembered the prophecy of his astrologer Kaku, that the Morning Star of Amen should blot out that star of his.
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