"
"And therefore a wanderer who can swallow his own shadow can aid another
wanderer in distress," remarked Tua drily. "My Father, I understand,
who although I am still young, have seen many things and ere now been
dragged out of deep water by strange hands."
"Such as those of Phoenician pirates," suggested Kepher. "Well, good-bye.
I go to purchase what you need with the price of these pearls, and then
the Desert calls me for a while. Remember what I told you, and do
not seek to leave this town of Tat until the rain has fallen on the
mountains, and there is water in the wells. Good-bye, Friend Asti, also;
when I come again we will talk more of Doubles, until which time may
the great god of Egypt--he is called Amen, is he not?--have you and your
Lady in his keeping."
Then he turned and went.
"What is that man?" asked Tua when they had heard the door of the house
close behind him.
"Man?" answered Asti. "I have told you that he is no man. Do men unfold
their shadows like a garment? He is a god or a ghost, wearing a beggar's
shape.
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