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"Thou wilt come to realize some day, Ta-meri, that I am fitted to the yoke of labor, when I fail thee in all the nicer walks thou wouldst have me tread. Come, out with thy gossip, Nechutes." "I had a letter from Hotep to-day a budget of news, included with official matters with which the king would acquaint me. Ta-user, with Amon-meses and Siptah, hath joined the court at Tape "
"A confederate thou must have," she complained; "and whom dost thou trust more than Ta-user?" "It is not a matter of trust," he explained, "but of thine immunity should the Hathors frown upon my plan." "It matters not," she protested. "Whom wilt thou trust and imperil instead of Ta-user?" "Thou dost hurry me in my plan-making," he remonstrated mildly. "Mayhap I shall choose Hotep."
Or, if they tarry to talk, it is an awesome sight to see the determined encounter of two mighty souls tremendous charm against tremendous resistance and Io, I know that they have sounded to the deepest the depth of each other's strength. I long to see Ta-user conquer and yet, again I would not." Thereafter followed matters which Kenkenes did not read. He rolled the letter and gave it back to Io.
Having relieved himself, he arose and, summoning his servant, had his disordered hair dressed, fresh robes brought for him, and a glass of wine for refreshment. On the way to the palace-top he met Ta-user, walking slowly away from the staircase. Rameses, solitary and luxurious, was stretched upon a cushioned divan in the shadow of a canopy over the hypostyle.
"Within the four walls of my world I hear naught but the clink of mallet and falling stone." "The breach between Meneptah and Amon-meses, his mutinous brother, may be healed by a wedding." "So?" "Of a surety nay, and not of a surety, either, but mayhap. A match between the niece of Amon-meses, the Princess Ta-user, and the heir, Rameses." Kenkenes sat up again in his earnestness.
She turned toward Masanath, walking swiftly. The fan-bearer's daughter, stricken with panic, fled, nor paused until she had passed far beyond the chamber of Ta-user. Cowering in a friendly niche, she waited until the princess had disappeared, and then only after a long time was she sufficiently reassured to reach her own apartments. It was the next day's noon before Masanath saw her father.
"Well for thee I do not love thee, else thou shouldst sleep this night in the reeking cave of a paraschite, with the whine of feeding flies about thee for dreams. Well for me that I do not love thee, for thine instant death would rob me of the long revenge that I would liefer have! Share thy crown with me! When Ta-user hath done with thee thou shalt have no crown to share!
Already thou hast overstepped safety for Egypt's sake and mine. More than this I will not let thee do." An expression of panic swept over her face. He interpreted it as hurt. "Thou hast been my guide for so long, Ta-user. Let me choose this once for thee." She pouted, and putting him away from her, arose and left him. He followed her and took her hands.
At the end of a year Ta-user and Siptah, after much browbeating of the Hak-heb, raised funds sufficient to purchase mercenaries. Then, with Ta-user at the head in barbaric splendor, they descended on Memphis. The course Seti pursued has puzzled historians. He gathered up his family, his court, his treasure, and without so much as lifting a spear, fled into Ethiopia.
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