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"And perhaps open the doors to our treasures?" asked Mefres, rudely. "Hasten not, worthiness, I have divined this young man woe to us if ever we let him get the upper hand." "But if he has broken with the Phoenicians?" "He will gain by that; for he will not pay his debts to them."
"A pity for the man in that case! He is a grand warrior, and magnanimous." AFTER their visit to Sargon the two holy men, Mentezufis and Mefres, when they had concealed themselves carefully with their burnouses, returned home, meditating deeply. "Who knows," said Mentezufis, "that the view of that drunken Sargon concerning our prince is not the right one?"
"I bow down before thy wisdom," said Mefres; "still I vote to lay a complaint against the heir before the supreme council." "But I vote against a complaint," answered Sem, energetically. "The council must learn of all acts of the viceroy, not through a complaint, but through an ordinary report to it." "I too am opposed to a complaint," said Mentezufis.
"In my opinion," said Herhor, after some thought, "now is the moment in which we can regain the favor of this youthful pharaoh. He is hasty in anger, but he knows how to be grateful. I have experienced that. "Every word is an error," interrupted the stubborn Mefres. "First of all, this prince is not the pharaoh yet, for he has not been crowned in a temple.
"First of all," answered Mefres, "we can avoid an uprising if we explain to the wisest among common people that he who makes them promises is a maniac." "He is one of the soundest men under the sun," whispered the nomarch of Horti. "All that we need is to learn what he wishes." "He is a maniac! a maniac!" repeated Mefres. "His own brother imagines himself a monkey, and drinks with dissectors.
So feast followed feast and amusement amusement, though the heat increased always. Seeing this general delight, the viceroy was satisfied. He was troubled, however, by the bearing of Mefres and other priests. Ramses thought that those dignitaries would reproach him for having become so indebted to Hiram in spite of those lessons which he had received in the temple.
"He is always expressing his thought!" said Herhor, in meditation. "Think thou, Pentuer, of earth-tillers and laborers; thou, Mefres, of the priests. I know not what ye will effect, but I swear that if my own son favored war I would bind and destroy him." "Act in this way," said Beroes, "let him carry on war who wishes, but not in those regions where he can meet Assyria."
"Well, first of all take care that these vile reports do not reach the ears of the pharaoh." "Why?" "Because a great misfortune would happen. If our lord hears that Lykon feigns insanity and pretends to be the pharaoh, he will fall into terrible anger. Naturally he will direct that anger against Herhor and Mefres.
Sarah sprang to her feet suddenly, and, looking at Mefres, cried in a terrible voice, "A curse on you! Ye wished to have a Jew king, and here is the king for you. Oh, why did I, unfortunate, listen to your traitorous advice!" She dropped, and fell again at the side of the cradle, groaning, "My son my little Seti! How beautiful he was, so cunning; just stretching out his little hands to me!
When the worthy Mefres found himself in the court he commanded the priests to make ready the mounted litters, and rode away with the sleeping Lykon to Memphis. The overseers of the labyrinth, dazed by the uncommon events, looked now at one another, and now at the escort of Mefres, which was disappearing in a yellow dust cloud.
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