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Io's lips quivered as she looked away. "It is over and over ever the same in every letter Ta-user, Ta-user, till I hate the name," she said at last. "Then when thou seest him at midday up the Nile, be thou gracious to some other comely young nobleman and see him wince. Naught is so good for a lover as uncertainty. It is a mistake to load him with the great weight of thy love.
"O by Besa! here is what I have sought for so long," he exclaimed, at last. "Hither! thou treasure, thou dear, defiant little shrew! Thou art more to me than all the wealth of Pithom. Hither, I tell thee!" But she did not move. The company was breathing with considerable relief by this time, but not a few of them were casting furtive glances at Ta-user. "Hither!"
Thou knowest Ta-user " "O, aye, I know Ta-user all Egypt knows her more particularly, Rameses." "Thou dost not fathom the evil in her " "Her fangs are drawn, daughter." "Hear me, father. Last night, after Rameses after he after he left me, he met Ta-user. And the talk between them was of such nature that she knelt to him and he flung her off.
He had heard that it was Masanath whom the Hathors had destined to wear the crown of queen to Rameses; the convicts had known of the supremacy of Har-hat. He could not understand how it came that Ta-user, lately discarded, could prevail upon the crown prince to persuade Meneptah, or could herself persuade the king to the overthrow of the fan-bearer's wishes in the matter.
"That is a matter of difference in temperament, my Prince," Ta-user put in. "It may be, but it is the expression of mine own ideas," he answered roughly. The lashes of the princess were smitten down immediately and Siptah's canine teeth glittered for a moment, one set upon the other. Kenkenes patted his sandal impatiently and looked another way. His gaze fell on Io.
For his enemy would lead him outside the pale of protection, and there put him to death, and wear his crown after him!" During this impetuous augury, the young man naturally searched after the identity of the offender. Not Ta-user, nor Siptah, nor Amon-meses, for the sorry tale of Seti and the outlawing of the trio had reached him at Pa-Ramesu.
Thou knowest what thy marriage with the Princess Ta-user is expected to accomplish. At this hour the nation is in need of unity that she may safely do battle with her alien foes. If thou slightest Ta-user thou wilt add to the disaffection of Amon-meses and his party. Furthermore, thine august sire would not be pleased with thee nor with Masanath, nor with me.
Hardest of all, he must wear a serene countenance and cover his sorrow most surely, for his own sake and for Masanath's. Ta-user still remained at court. Seti, in a fume of boyish indignation at Rameses, attended her like a shadow. Among the courtiers there were others who were not alive to the true nature of the princess and who joined Seti in his resentment against the heir.
O, thou art mine, for the gods ordained it so." Again he kissed her, holding her in spite of her efforts to get away. "There! carry thy hate of me only to the edge of sleep and dream sweetly of me." He released her and continued down the hall. As he turned out of the smaller passage into the larger corridor, Ta-user stepped forth from the shadow of a pillar.
"Jambres, hidden in the fringe of bushes behind, heard them. "They laid a snare. And thou, O Prince, wast to be trapped therein." Seti's eyes were veiled and his face showed a heightening of color. "Thou wast to come to the temple in the village of image-makers with treasure to give into the hands of Moses. Thy message to my brother was to be delivered by the Princess Ta-user.
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