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Now you must make shift to enter there alone and lay this figure in his bed, that the breath of Pharaoh may enter into it. So it shall come about that during that night the nerves and muscles in the legs of Pharaoh will wither and grow useless to him, and he be paralysed and unable to stir. Afterwards, if it be needful, I will tell you more." Now, bold though she was, Merytra grew afraid.
"It seems that the Lady of the Footstool, Merytra, sang him to sleep, as was her custom," answered the physician, "and left him about two hours ago, so say the guard. When I came in to see how his Majesty rested but now, I found him thus." Now Tua lifted up her head and spoke, saying: "My divine Father is helpless, and therefore again I rule alone in Egypt. Hear me and obey.
So covering her head with a dark cloak Merytra slipped behind a certain statue in the ante-hall and waited till presently a tall figure, also wrapped in a dark cloak, appeared and beckoned to her. She followed it down sundry passages and up a narrow stair that seemed almost endless, until, at length, the figure unlocked a massive door, and when they had passed it, locked it again behind them.
As he spoke a sound of screams drew near, and presently into the midst of them rushed Merytra, the wife of Kaku. "The vengeance of the gods," she screamed, "the vengeance of the gods! Listen, Abi.
Who is she about my throne of whom I should beware, and who is the magician with whom she made a pact?" "The divine Queen did not tell me, Pharaoh," answered Asti stubbornly, "but my own skill tells me. She is Merytra, your favourite, and the magician is Kaku, whom she visited last night." "What!" exclaimed Pharaoh, laughing.
Abi drew his sword to cut him down, and at the sight of the blade, all who were with him rushed to the door to escape, sweeping before them certain of Pharaoh's ladies, among them the waiting-woman, Merytra. But before ever they could pass it, the guards who had heard the signal of Mermes, ran in with lifted spears, driving them back again.
If I die, Merytra, we go together. Now will you swear to be true, will you swear it by the oath of oaths?" The spy looked about her. She knew Kaku's power which was famous throughout Egypt, and that it was said to be of the most evil sort, and she feared him. "It seems that this is a dangerous affair," she replied uneasily, "and I think that I can guess your aim.
"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 slave," answered the learned man, "Merytra, whose ears you boxed just now " "How do you know that I boxed her ears?" asked Abi quickly. "Did the stars tell you that also? Well, I am tired of the sly hussy take her. Soon I think she will box yours." But when Kaku sought Merytra to tell her the glad tidings that she was his, he could not find her. Merytra had disappeared.
"Well," he answered, "if I had been in his place I would rather have kissed it, for it is pretty, decidedly pretty," and this learned man forgot himself so far as to wink at Merytra. "There, Sister," said the girl, "I always told you that rough shells have sweet nuts inside of them. Thank you for your compliment, Master of learning. Will you tell us our fortune for nothing?"
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