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He spoke the words as a Pharaoh might have spoken them to a slave, and as though the bare, low-ceiled, shabby room, with its tawdry Oriental curtains and ornaments, had been an audience-chamber in the palace of Pepi in old Memphis, for this was he who had once been Anemen-Ha, High Priest of Ptah, in the days when Nitocris was Queen of the Two Kingdoms.
And as he said so, he was so serious, he gazed with such alarming coldness into the eyes of Gyáli, who sat next to him. But Pepi merely smiled. He could smile so tenderly with those handsome girlish round lips of his. Lorand patted him on the shoulder. "Do you hear, Pepi? My brother refused to drink wine, because a man of honor keeps his promises. You are right, Desi.
"Get thee down to the kitchens, Pepi," she said presently, "and if Nari hath come, send her up to me. Give thyself comfort and remain in the palace. It may be that I shall need thee." She surveyed herself with a swift glance in a plate of polished silver which was her mirror, and then, darting out of her door, ran down the corridor as though she would outstrip repentance before it overtook her.
It was truly ridiculous: one boy jealous of another. Yes, I was surely jealous, but chivalrous too. I think I had read in some novel that it was the custom to reply in some such manner to like ridicule: "Sir, I forbid you to take that lady's name in vain." They laughed all the more. "Why, he is a delightful fellow, this Desi," said Pepi. "See, Lorand, he will cause you a deal of trouble.
The following extract is from one of the later Pyramid Texts: "Pepi was brought forth by the god Nu, when there was no heaven, when there was no earth, when nothing had been established, when there was no fighting, and when the fear of the Eye of Horus did not exist. Therefore this Pepi is irresistible; he can neither be conquered by a king nor ruled by chiefs. The enemies of Pepi cannot triumph.
After the bari had passed below the stone wharf, Rachel covered herself and neither spoke nor moved. Her heart was heavy beyond words. Pepi broke the silence once. "Shall we drop the ape first, my Lady?" Rachel shook her head. Anubis was her last hold on Kenkenes. At the Marsh of the Discontented Soul, the bari nosed among the reeds and grounded gently.
When the company saw we had explained matters to each other, they all crowded round us, and such a noise arose that I don't know even now what it was all about. I merely know that once or twice Pepi Gyáli wished to catch my eye to begin some conversation, and that at such times I asked the nearest man, "How long do you intend to amuse yourselves in this manner?"
Masanath's servants had sought for her, frantically and without system or method. Pepi and Nari had been saved by the gods. They did not know where she had gone, and nothing human or divine could have driven them over the Nile to search for her in the Arabian hills. And for that reason likewise, they did not notify Har-hat of his daughter's loss.
I have an important journey this afternoon to Szolnok." "Well, go; don't bother yourself on my account. Do exactly as you please." "That's not how matters lie, Pepi: you must not stay here in the meantime." "The devil! Perhaps you will turn me out?" "Oh dear no! To-night we shall have a glorious carnival at Szolnok, in honor of my regeneration.
Pepi did not allow himself to be called to order. "It is true, my dear Desi: and I can tell you that you will have a far more grateful part to play around Melanie, if she marries someone else." Then indeed I went home. This cynicism was something quite new to my mind. Not only my stomach, but my whole soul turned sick.
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