They ate
of it, all three of them, and when they had finished Kepher bade a woman
who was waiting on them, lead them to their chamber, saying that he
himself would sleep in the garden.
Thither then they went without more questions, and throwing themselves
down upon beds which were prepared for them, were soon fast asleep.
CHAPTER XV
TUA AND THE KING OF TAT
In the morning, after Tua and Asti had put on the clean robes that lay
to their hands, and eaten, suddenly they looked up and perceived that
Kepher, the ancient beggar of the desert, was in the room with them,
though neither of them had heard or seen him enter.
"You come silently, Friend," said Asti, looking at him with a curious
eye. "A Double could not move with less noise, and--where is your
shadow?" she added, staring first at the sun without, and then at the
floor upon which he stood.
"I forgot it," he answered in his deep voice. "One so poor as I am
cannot always afford a shadow. But look, there it is now. And for the
rest, what do you know of Doubles which those who are uninstructed
cannot discern? Now I have heard of a Lady in Egypt who by some chance
bore your name, and who has the power, not only to see the Double, but
to draw it forth from the body of the living, and furnish it with every
semblance of mortal life.
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