"
"Then call it forth, Asti," answered Tua wearily, "if you have the
power. If not, oh! let us die. But say, whom would you summon? The glory
of Amen or the ghost of Pharaoh, or Ahura, my mother, or one of the
guardian gods?"
"None of these," answered Asti, "for I have been bidden otherwise. Lie
you down and sleep, my fosterling, for I have much to do in the hours of
darkness. When you awake you shall learn all."
"Aye," said Tua, "when I awake, if ever I do awake. Is it in your mind
to kill me in my sleep, Asti? Is that your command? Well, if so, I shall
not blame you, for then I will break this long fast of mine with Pharaoh
and the divine mother, Ahura, who bore me, and together in the pleasant
Fields of Peace we will wait for Rames, my lover and your son. Being a
queen, they will give my burial in my father's tomb, and that is all I
crave of them, and of this weary world. Sing me to rest, Nurse, as you
were wont to do when I was little, and, if it be your will, tarry not
long behind me.
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