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If it were desirable to consult the ring, the Mohar touched with the point of his bronze dagger the engraved sign of the name, below which were represented three objects sacred to the Gods, and three that were, on the contrary, profane. If he hit one of the former, he concluded that his father who was gone to Osiris concurred in his design; in the contrary case he was careful to postpone it.
Shechem, however, did not lie in the path of the Mohar, and the reference to its mountain is made parenthetically only. We are therefore carried on to Hazor, which afterwards became a city of Naphtali, and of which we hear in the letters of Tel el-Amarna. From Hazor the road ran northwards to Hamath, the Hamah of to-day. Here the tour of the Mohar comes to an abrupt close.
"I will tell thee what to swear 'If I do not keep my word to Hekt who gives the Mohar into my power may the Spirits whom she rules, annihilate me before I mount the throne. Do not be vexed, my lord and say only 'Yes. What I can tell, is worth more than a mere word." "Well then yes!" cried the Regent, eager for the mighty revelation.
The essieu is left on the spot, as the load is too heavy for the horses. Thy courage has evaporated. Thou beginnest to run. The heaven is cloudless. Thou art thirsty; the enemy is behind thee; a trembling seizes thee; a twig of thorny acacia worries thee; thou thrustest it aside; the horse is scratched, till at length thou findest rest. Explain thou thy attraction to be a Mohar!
Pentaur thought of the verdict which Gagabu, only two evenings since, had passed on the Mohar, and it occurred to him that he would test how far the man's superstition would lead him. So he asked, while he suppressed a smile: "And if I can foretell nothing bad, but also nothing actually good?" "An antelope, and four geese," answered Paaker promptly.
"I will call the man out," he said, "but how dare we step over his threshold. Thou knowest such a proceeding will defile us." Nefert looked pleadingly at Bent-Anat, but the princess repeated her command. "Go before me; I have no fear of defilement." The Mohar still hesitated. "Wilt thou provoke the Gods? and defile thyself?"
"But, madam," said the steward sorrowfully, "only yesterday, we again sold a herd to the Mohar; and the water-wheels must be turned, and the corn must be thrashed, and we need beasts for sacrifice, and milk, butter, and cheese, for the use of the house, and dung for firing." Katuti looked thoughtfully at the ground. "It must be," she said presently.
Listen! when you have half won Paaker, and Ani shows himself inclined to make use of him, then say to him that I may know a secret and I do know one, I alone which may make the Mohar the sport of his wishes, and that I may be disposed to sell it." "That shall be done! certainly, mother," cried the dwarf. "What do you wish for?" "Very little," said the old woman.
Make the Mohar your ally, and it may easily happen that your rat-bites may be paid for with mortal wounds, and Rameses who, if you marched against him openly, might blow you to the ground, may be hit by a lance thrown from an ambush. When the throne is clear, the weak legs of the Regent may succeed in clambering up to it with the help of the priests.
"But, madam," said the steward sorrowfully, "only yesterday, we again sold a herd to the Mohar; and the water-wheels must be turned, and the corn must be thrashed, and we need beasts for sacrifice, and milk, butter, and cheese, for the use of the house, and dung for firing." Katuti looked thoughtfully at the ground. "It must be," she said presently.
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