Soon it was done, and food and wine having been set for them, they were
left alone in that room, and stood looking at each other.
"Now shall I strike and call?" said Tua, lifting the harp which she had
brought with her. "Look, yonder is a window-place such as that of which
Kepher spoke."
"Not yet, I think, Lady. Let us learn all our case ere we call for
help," and as the words left her lips the door opened, and through it,
clad in his royal robes, walked Janees the King.
Now in the centre of this great room was a marble basin filled with pure
water which, perhaps, had served as the bath of the queens who dwelt
there in former days, or, perhaps, was so designed for the sake of
coolness in times of heat. Tua and Asti stood upon one side of this
basin, and to the other came the King, so that the water lay between
them. Thrice he bowed to Tua, then said:
"Lady, who, as your servants tell me, are known as Neferte, a maiden of
Egypt, and for lack of the true name, doubtless this will serve, Lady,
I come to ask your pardon for what must seem to you to be a grievous
wrong.
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