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Updated: June 24, 2025
Pentuer assured the man that no longer than two weeks before he had seen Ramses in the best of health. He observed at once, however, that the engineer did not believe him. "This is Herhor's work!" thought he. "Priests alone could have news from Thebes so promptly."
From the division commanded by Patrokles came an increasing uproar, and higher than the hill dense rolls of dark smoke were rising. An officer from Pentuer ran to the prince reporting that the Libyan camp had been fired by the Greek regiments. "Force the centre!" cried Ramses.
"But better," continued Pentuer, "if each soldier were to place on the ground one pebble, there would be one hundred and eighty thousand pebbles; and, look, worthy fathers, these pebbles would occupy so much space." He pointed to a quadrangle of reddish color to the court. "In this figure the pebbles deposited by warriors of the time of Ramses I. would find their places.
Meanwhile Pentuer found a window through which came from the underground temple pensive hymns of the priestly chorus: Chorus I. "Rise, as radiant as Isis, rise as Sotis rises on the firmament in the morning at the beginning of the established year." Chorus II. "The god Amon-Ra was on my right and on my left.
"It seems to me that I have met thee somewhere, pious father?" "The past year at the maneuvers near Pi-Bailos. I was there with his worthiness Herhor." The resonant and calm voice of Pentuer arrested the prince. He had heard that voice on some uncommon occasion. But where and when had he heard it? In every case the priest made an agreeable impression.
Pentuer, I should not ask the gods for that which is my power and my right Thou mayst go." The priest, withdrawing with his face toward the pharaoh, went out backward with obeisance, and when in the doorway he fell with his face on the pavement. The pharaoh remained alone. "Mortal men," thought he, "are like children.
Patrokles came with the Greek regiment, and with him the priest Pentuer, sent by Herhor as another guardian near the viceroy. But he resolved not to turn attention to the holy men or ask advice of them.
The thunder grew weak; at last even noiseless lightning flashed less and less frequently; on the northern sky the clouds parted; here and there stars twinkled. Pentuer approached Ramses, "Let us return to the camp," said he. "In a couple of hours we shall be there, before the man who has escaped can lead forth an enemy." "How shall we find the camp in such darkness?" asked Ramses.
At about ten in the forenoon in a heat which seemed to suck sweat and draw blood from men's bodies, Pentuer said to the viceroy, "The Libyans have entered the valley and passed Patrokles' division. They will be here in an hour from now." "Whence knowest Thou this?" asked the astonished prince. "The priests know everything," replied Pentuer, smiling.
Ramses drank a couple of drops and felt a marvelous change: the pain and heat ceased to torment him; his thought regained freedom. "And this may last a couple of days?" asked he. "It may last four," replied Pentuer. "But ye sages, favorites of the gods, have ye no means of saving people from such a tempest?" The priest thought awhile, and answered,
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