After them limped Rames, for
his wound had grown stiff, who looked bewildered, but otherwise just as
he had left the feast.
Now, without waiting for the greetings of ceremony, Tua began to
question the Vizier as to what steps had been taken in furtherance of
her decrees, and when he assured her that the business was on foot, went
into its every detail with him, as to the ships and the officers and the
provisioning of the men, and so forth. Next she set herself to dictate
despatches to the captains and barons who held the fortresses on the
Upper Nile, communicating to them Pharaoh's orders on this matter, and
the commission of Rames, whereby he, whose hands had done the ill, was
put in command of the great embassy that went to make amends.
These being finished, she sent away the scribe to spend the rest of the
night in writing them in duplicate, bidding him bring them to her in the
early morning to be sealed. Next addressing Rames, she commanded him to
start on the morrow with those troops which were ready to Takensit
above the first Cataract of the Nile, which was the frontier fortress of
Egypt, and there wait until the remainder of the soldiers joined them,
bearing with them her presents to the King of Kesh, and the embalmed
body of the Prince Amathel.
Pages:
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134