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"Thy speech, mother, acts on me as a strong wind of the desert, and I have no longer courage to present my petition." "Then surely it is a question of money." Ramses dropped his head; he was confused. "But dost Thou need much money?" "Fifteen talents." "O gods!" cried the lady, "but a couple of days ago ten talents were paid thee from the treasury.
The name of Menephtah was also noticed, and the architraves above the columns were seen to be cut with cartouches of Usirtasen II. of the twelfth dynasty. This temple was probably one of those to the service of which Ramses II. donated some slaves, as is described in one of the papyri of the Harris collection. A stone was discovered by Mr.
But if the whirlwind, instead of blowing away Egypt's enemies, blows down its wheat and tears up its palm-trees!" The minister stopped conversation, and his retinue vanished in the dark alley of trees which led to Memphis. Meanwhile Ramses reached the palace of the pharaoh. This edifice stood on an elevation in a park outside the city.
But when behind an astrologer one of his own women pushed into the room with complaint that Ramses did not love her, since he had not taken farewell, and when a quarter of an hour later the weeping of another was heard outside the window, the heir could endure no longer; he summoned Tutmosis. "Sit in this room," said he, "and if Thou wish, console the women of my household.
About ten the litter of Queen Niort's came to the villa occupied by the pharaoh. The revered lady broke into her son's chamber almost with violence, and fell at his feet, weeping. "What dost Thou wish of me, mother?" asked Ramses, hardly hiding his impatience. "Hast Thou forgotten that the camp is no place for women?"
In turn appeared acrobats, serpent-charmers, dancers, buffoons, and jesters, who called forth shouts from the audience. But Ramses was gloomy. In his soul sprang up, moment after moment, passions which had been dormant, hatred for Assyrians and jealousy of Kama.
"The gods are not offended by gifts." "Do thou, noble lord," said Ramses, "be pleased to accept this miraculous shield, which I received from my sacred grandfather." "I? the shield of Amenhotep?" exclaimed the minister, with emotion. "Am I worthy of it?" "By thy wisdom Thou art equal to my grandfather, and Thou wilt equal him in position." Herhor made a low bow in silence.
"If the gods, instead of making me the youngest son of his holiness, had made me a pharaoh, like Ramses the Great, I would conquer nine nations, of which people in Egypt have never heard mention; I would build a temple larger than all Thebes, and rear for myself a pyramid near which the tomb of Cheops would be like a rosebush at the side of a full-grown palm-tree."
"Ramses the Great obeyed the gods; for this cause there are inscriptions praising him in all the temples. But Menes, the first pharaoh of Egypt, was a destroyer of order, and thanks only to the fatherly kindness of the priests that his name is still remembered, though I would not give one brass uten on this, that the mummy of Menes exists."
"We wish thee, holiness, to double the wealth of the labyrinth. As to the road, there is only one, we must return as we came." One of the priests gave Ramses dates, another a flask of wine mixed with some invigorating substance. Then the pharaoh recovered strength and went forward cheerfully. "I would give much," said he, laughing, "to know all the turns of this wonderful passage."
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