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Updated: June 10, 2025
And doubts rose in the soul of Tutmosis, intricate and involved as a nest of poisonous reptiles. Luckily in proportion as his doubts increased hope entered the heart of Niort's. "It is well that Thou hast reminded me of that Lykon," said she. "I remember. Through him Mefres accused Ramses of child murder, and today he may use the wretch to defame his sovereign.
Toward evening his holiness received a visit from Lady Niort's, the mother to the heir to the throne of Egypt; looked at religious dances and heard a concert. After that he went again to the bath and, thus purified, entered the chapel of Osiris to undress and lay to sleep the marvelous divinity.
At a certain distance behind the car went Ramses XIII, surrounded by a great suite of generals, and behind him Queen Niort's leaning on two court ladies. After a procession of two hours which was attended by unbroken cries, the car with the remains halted on the bank of the Nile.
Indeed a fresher air seemed to move in the assembly. Generals straightened themselves; civilians looked at the priest with curiosity; even the pharaoh's face became livelier. "Listen not to him, my son," implored Queen Niort's. "What dost Thou think," asked the pharaoh on a sudden; "what would the holy Samentu do now were he living?"
There were long days when he ate nothing, and nights during which he had no sleep whatever. Sometimes during an audience, there appeared on his mild face an expression of deep pain, while oftener and oftener, he fainted. The terrified Queen Niort's, the most worthy Herhor and the priests, asked the sovereign repeatedly whether anything pained him.
"That is just what I feared," whispered Niort's. The pharaoh sprang up from his seat. "Tutmosis!" cried he, in a voice in which his recovered energy was heard. "Take as many troops as Thou wishest; go to the temple of Ptah and bring me Herhor and Mefres, accused of high treason. If they are justified I will return my favor; in the opposite case." "Hast Thou finished?" interrupted the queen.
Not only did he fail to understand what he was to do in that unheard-of position, but even he knew not what to think of the position itself. His conviction while conversing with Niort's, that Lykon, the emissary of high priests, had appeared in the garden, was equaled now by his doubts as to whether the Greek had been there at all.
When the funeral car halted at the entrance the priests drew forth from its sarcophagus the mummy of the pharaoh, and placed it on the earth resting against the cliff with its shoulder. Then Ramses XIII burned incense before the remains of his father, while Queen Niort's embraced the mummy by the neck, and said with weeping, "I am thy sister, Niort's, thy wife; do not desert me, Thou great one!
"With Ramses XIII perished not only a pharaoh, but the twentieth dynasty, which was full of glory." Among those present rose a murmur. "The dynasty has not ended," interrupted the powerful nomarch of Memphis, almost harshly. "The worthy Queen Niort's is still living, therefore the throne belongs to her." After a time Herhor answered: "My most worthy consort, Queen Niort's."
Meanwhile Queen Niort's sat down at the pharaoh's side, and whispered, "Let me act, Ramses. Women have served this state more than once. Only remember Queen Niort's in the sixth dynasty, or Makara who created a fleet on the Red Sea. In our sex there is no lack of mind or of energy, so let me act. If the temple of Ptah is not taken, and the priests are not wronged I will reconcile thee with Herhor.
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