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Kenkenes ate deliberately, and consumed all that was set before him. When he had made an end, he paid his reckoning to the woman and returned into the outer chamber. At the doors, he was confronted by four members of the city constabulary and a Nubian in a striped tunic. "Seize him!" the Nubian cried. Instantly the four men flung themselves upon Kenkenes and pinioned his arms.
Ta-meri cried, tapping him on the head. "You did not tell me that." The surprised delight of Kenkenes was not so bewildering as to blind him to the reason why Nechutes had withheld this news from Ta-meri. The blunt Egyptian was not anxious to speed his rival's cause. "Does my father know of this?" he asked. "I doubt not.
It was plain that something more than courtesy inspired the act, for the man's hands fell reluctantly. Kenkenes faced sharply about and proceeded up the hill to his statue with a queer discomfort tugging at his heart. That night in his effort to bring forth the coveted expression in his drawings of Athor, Kenkenes all but satisfied himself.
Meneptah raised his hand and the supernumerary ministers left the chamber. When they were gone, Loi unwrapped the roll Kenkenes had brought and began to read: "To Loi, the most high Servant of Amen, Lord of Tape, the Servant of Ra, at On, sends greeting: "The gods lend me composure to speak calmly with thee, O Brother. And let the dismay which is mine explain the lack of ceremony in this writing.
Thus he insured the safety and preservation of the bones of Atsu, and in the eye of the average Egyptian he had served the soldier well. But Kenkenes was not satisfied. As he left the shrine he muttered with trembling lips: "Bless him! The fate is not kind which yields to such goodness no reward save gratitude.
"But after the manner of man, thou wilt put off and wait and wait. Thou art too able, Kenkenes, too full of power for aid of mine " "Rachel, if thou goest into Goshen " he began passionately, but she clutched him wildly, as if to hold him, though death itself dragged at her fingers. "Hide me!" she gasped in a terrified whisper. "The servant of Har-hat!"
There were three magnificent altars of alabaster and over each was an oval containing the name of one of the three sleepers in the pit below. In this chapel the signet had been lost. Kenkenes set his light on the floor and began his search. The first time he searched the floor, he laid the lack of success to his excited work. The second time, the perspiration began to trickle down his temples.
The army would follow him into the jaws of Tuat, and Rameses, the heir, need never take up arms, so long as Har-hat commands the legions of Egypt. But how the warrior will serve as minister is yet to be seen." "Who succeeds him over Bubastis?" "Merenra, another of the war-tried generals. He hath been commander over Pa-Ramesu. Atsu takes his place over the Israelites." "Atsu?" Kenkenes mused.
Kenkenes met frequent obstructions and was forced to reduce his rapid pace. Curricles and chariots and wicker chairs halted him at many crossings. Carriers took up much of the narrow streets with large burdens; notaries and scribes sat cross-legged on the pavement, surrounded by their patrons and clients, and beggars and fortune-tellers strove for the young man's attention.
I know, I know, for I am no less a mystic because I have fallen from state. His seers are liars, they can not guide the king. He must not pursue them, for death shadows him the hour he leaves the gates of Tanis. He must not go! I love him yet, and I can not see him overthrown." "Thou art no more eager to stay him than I," Kenkenes answered quickly. "Thou art in need of a runner. I am one."
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