"Now go, divine Prince," she said, "and you his followers, go, all of
you, and leave me to my lonely house, until Pharaoh sends for me to
share that new realm which he inherits beyond the West."
But they would not go and could not if they would, for some power bound
them to her, while, as for Abi he scarce could take his eyes from her,
but heedless of who heard them, babbled out his passion at her feet,
while the rest glowered on him jealously. She listened always smiling
that same smile that was so sweet, yet so inhuman. Then when he stopped
exhausted, at last she spoke, saying:
"What! do you love now more greatly than you fear, as the divine Prince
of Kesh loved after Amen's Star had sung to him. May your fate be
happier, O noble Abi, but that, since it is not lawful that I should
tell it to you, you shall discover. Abi, there shall be a royal marriage
in Memphis of such joy and feasting as has not been known in the history
of the Northern or the Southern Land, and for your allotted span you
shall sit by the side of Egypt's Queen and shine in her light.
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