"Why do you weep, Nurse?" she asked, "seeing that I am safe?"
"I weep for my son, Princess," she answered between her sobs.
"Is he dead of his wounds, then, Asti?"
"No, O Morning Star, he lies sick in his chamber. But soon Pharaoh will
kill him because he led her who will be Queen of Egypt into great danger
of her life."
"Not so," said Tua, springing up, "for he saved my life."
As she spoke the door opened and in came Pharaoh himself, who had been
summoned hastily from the palace. His face was white and he shook with
fear, for it had been reported to him that his only child was drowned.
When he saw that she lived and was not even hurt, he could not contain
his joy, but casting his arms about her, sank to his knees giving thanks
to the gods and the guardian spirits. She kissed him, and studying his
face with her wise eyes, asked why he was so much afraid.
"Because I thought you had been killed, my daughter."
"Why did you think that, O my father, seeing that the great god, Amen,
before I was born promised to protect me always, though it is true that
had it not been for Rames----"
Now at the mention of this name Pharaoh was filled with rage.
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