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Updated: May 15, 2025
"But how darest Thou use evil words against the warriors of his holiness?" asked Eunana, who stood there. "Thou must be an Egyptian and a great person, I see that," said the slave; "so I answer thee that this canal belongs to a mighty lord; he is the manager and secretary of one who bears the fan for his worthiness the nomarch of Memphis. Be on thy guard or misfortune will strike thee!"
Those present were silent; the nomarch of Horti was troubled. "It is necessary to think over this," added the chief judge, "lest injustice be done him." Here Herhor spoke. "Holy Mefres has done him a kindness," said he, in low decisive tones, "by considering him a maniac. Unless he is a maniac we must call him a traitor." Those present moved with fear.
He had promised to take her from the Owl's Nest, after nightfall, for a lonely row upon the water. Now he was not coming alone, but with his fellow-artist, the sculptor Myrtilus, the nomarch and the notary she recognised both distinctly Gorgias, the rich owner of the second largest weaving establishment in Tennis, and several slaves. What did it mean?
The barge approached the left bank somewhat; the forms of people were outlined more clearly, and the prince saw something which he had not expected. While persons in the first ranks were clapping their hands and singing, in farther ones clubs were visible falling thickly and swiftly on backs that were hidden. The astonished heir turned to the nomarch of Memphis.
Shouting "May he live through eternity!" they kissed his hands and feet, made a litter of their spears and mantles, and bore him to the city, disputing on the way with one another for the honor of carrying the heir on their shoulders. The nomarch and the officials of the province were frightened, when they saw the enthusiasm of the Libyans, and the favor which the heir showed barbarians.
Then from beyond the hilltop was heard the sound of a trumpet. "They are calling thee!" cried Tutmosis. "And if I were as great a lord as thy Sesofris?" asked Ramses. "Then maybe" answered Sarah. "And if I carried the fan of the nomarch of Memphis?" "Thou mayest be even as great as that." Somewhere beyond the hill was heard the second trumpet. "Come, Ramses!" insisted the frightened Tutmosis.
"Yes; for, seest thou," interrupted Tutmosis, "this young man is an officer of the priestly regiment of Ptah, and a secretary of the secretary of a lord who carries his fan over the fan-carrier of the nomarch of Habu." "Surely he must be an officer," answered Sarah, looking with thoughtfulness at Ramses. "Maybe he is a great lord himself?" added she, putting her finger on her lips.
They should be written on monuments," said some among the guests. "Rebellion takes people from their labor and grieves the heart of his holiness. It is not proper that laborers should be unpaid for two months in succession." The prince looked with contempt on those courtiers, changeable as clouds; he turned then to the nomarch. "I give thee," said he, threateningly, "this punished man.
"Fear is stronger than promises and gifts," replied Herhor. "What have they to fear? Those three hundred soldiers of ours?" "They will fear Osiris." "But where is he?" asked the indignant nomarch of Aa. "Ye will see him. But happy the man who will be blind on that day." Herhor spoke with such calm solemnity that silence settled on the assembly.
"Be pleased to remember," continued the nomarch, "that Set, though a full brother of the radiant Osiris, hates that god, wars with him, and deforms all his labors. He sends deadly diseases on beasts and on men; he causes the overflow of the Nile to be scant or over-violent, and he hurls clouds of sand in time of heat upon Egypt.
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