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While the servant was answering for the elder, the curtain of the doorway was drawn aside, and the younger Egyptian came in, and walked or floated, upborne in a white cloud of the gauzy raiment she so loved and lived in to the centre of the chamber, where the light cast by lamps from the seven-armed brazen stick planted upon the floor was the strongest. With her there was no fear of light.
The goblets with their sparkling contents, the snow-white linen and the dainty dishes spoke a cheery welcome to the merry guests, and the seven-armed lamp hanging from the ceiling and the silver candlesticks upon the table threw their friendly glow over the scene. Happiness and pleasure, contentment and gratitude, beamed in every countenance. Their conversation was animated and cheerful.
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