O Amen my Father, thou seest my strait. Is it thy will that thy
daughter should degrade herself and thee before this man who slew his
king and brother, to whom thou hast commanded her to give the name of
husband? If it be so, I will obey; but if it be not so, then show thy
word by might or marvel, and cause him and his folk who mock my majesty
and name me bastard, to bow down before me. O Amen, they deny thee in
their hearts who worship other gods, as did the barbarians who begat
them and threw down thy shrines in Egypt, but I know that thou sentest
me forth, and in thee I put my trust, aye, even if thou slay me. Amen my
Father, yonder sinks that glory in which thou dost hide thy spirit. Now,
ere it be gone and night falls upon the world, declare thyself in such
fashion that all men may know that indeed I am thy child; or if this be
thy decree, desert me and Egypt, and leave me to my shame."
She ended her prayer and, sinking back upon the throne, rested her chin
upon her hand, and gazed steadily upon the splendour of the sinking sun.
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