"
Now Asti gave a little cry, and, springing up, searched Kepher's face
with her eyes, nor did he shrink from her gaze.
"I perceive," she said slowly, "that you who seem to be a beggar are
also a seer."
"Mayhap, Asti," he answered. "In my long life I have often noted that
sometimes men are more than they seem--and women also. Perhaps you have
learned the same, for nurses in great houses may note many things if
they choose. But let us say no more. I think it is better that we should
say no more. You and your companion--how is she named?"
"Neferte," answered Asti promptly.
"Neferte, ah! Certainly that was not the name which the spirit used,
though it is true that other name began with the same sound, or so I
think. Well, you and your companion, Neferte, escaped from those wicked
pirates, and managed to bring certain things with you, for instance,
that beautiful harp, wreathed with the royal _uraei_, and--but what is in
that second basket?"
"Pearls," broke in Tua quickly.
"And a large basket of pearls.
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