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Updated: May 8, 2025
"Tell me, holy father, to whom all wisdom is familiar, why does the income of the state decrease, and in what manner can we add to it?" Mefres raised his hands. "May the spirit be blessed, worthy lord," cried the priest, "which whispered such thoughts to thee.
"It is, for the chief of police had to yield him up to the holy Mefres at his command in the name of the supreme council." "Aha! aha!" repeated the heir. "So the revered Mefres and the supreme council need a man who resembles me so much? Aha! They are to give my son and Sarah a beautiful funeral, and embalm their remains. But the murderer they will secrete safely. Aha!
They said that it must be so, that thy son would become the first king of the Jews." "The priests? Mefres?" repeated the prince. "King of the Jews? But I have told thee that thy son would become the chief of my archers, my secretary. I told thee this, and thou, wretched woman, didst think that the title of king of the Jews was equal to that of my secretary and archer. Mefres Herhor!
The high priest at the very threshold drew from his bosom a crystal ball, at the sight of which the Greek fell into auger. "Would that the earth swallowed you! Would that your corpses might know no rest!" said Lykon, abusing him in a voice which grew lower and lower. At last he was silent and fell into a trance. "Take this dagger," said Mefres, giving the Greek a slender steel blade.
On one of these Ramses took his place surrounded by nomarchs and generals, on the other sat Herhor surrounded by the priesthood. Then the high priest Mefres gave Herhor the miter of Amenhotep and the young pharaoh for the second time beheld on the head of the high priest the golden serpent, the symbol of regal authority.
Mefres was even convinced that the prince was thinking seriously of expelling the Phoenicians, that meanwhile he and his courtiers were contracting debts and would never pay them. But the temple of Astaroth with its numerous courts and gardens was filled with devotees all the time.
"And the holy Mentezufis is a great sage. He told me today all the secrets of life beyond the grave; he explained to me the whole funeral ritual, as if I were a priest at least of the third degree. But touching the seizure of Lykon, the hiding of that murderer by Mefres, not a word!
"On this man weighs an incomparably greater crime, he is like the heir to the throne." "And what wilt Thou do with him, worthiness?" "I will reserve him for the supreme council," said Mefres. "When the heir to the throne visits pagan temples and steals from them women, when the country is threatened with danger of war, and the power of the priests with rebellion, Lykon may be of service."
"And what wilt Thou say, worthiness," asked Mefres, "of the prince and the disturbances which his conduct has caused in the country?" "I will say the same as Beroes: 'The heir does not cause harm to Egypt, so we should show him indulgence. "This young man reviles the gods and miracles; he enters foreign temples, he excites the men to rebellion. These are no small matters," said Mefres, bitterly.
Come to an understanding with Herhor and Mefres, so that the temples may lend to us." "I have spoken with them. The temples will lend us nothing." "The prophets are offended," said the pharaoh, smiling. "In that case we must call in unbelievers. Send to me Dagon." Toward evening the pharaoh's banker came. He fell on the pavement before Ramses and offered him a golden goblet set with jewels.
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