"
So they were called, and came, and when they saw the dreadful thing
lying in its waxen whiteness before them, they wailed and cursed those
who had wrought this abominable sorcery.
"Curse them not," said Neter-Tua, "who are already accursed, and given
over to the Devourer of Souls when their time shall come. Make a record
of this deed, O Scribes, and do it swiftly."
So the scribes wrote the matter down, and the Queen and others who were
present signed the writings as witnesses. Then Neter-Tua commanded that
they should take the image and destroy it before it worked more evil,
and a priest of Osiris who was present seized it and departed.
But Neter-Tua went to Pharaoh's room and knelt by his bed, watching him,
for he seemed to be asleep. Presently he awoke, and looked round him
wildly, moving his lips. For a while he could not speak, then of a
sudden his voice burst from him in a hoarse, unnatural cry.
"They have bewitched me! I burn, I burn!" he screamed, rolling himself
to and fro upon the bed.
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