Now do you believe?"
"Aye," answered Rames, "I believe."
"Then, O faithful Captain," said Tua, "take this gift from Egypt's
Queen, which a while ago you thrust aside, and be its Lord and mine,"
and lifting the diadem of pearls crested with the royal _uraei_ she set
it on his brow, as once before she had done in that hour of dawn when
she vowed herself to him in Thebes.
It was night, and all their wonderful story had been told.
"Such is our tale, Rames my Son," said Asti, "and long may you search
before you find another that will match it. Now tell us yours."
"It is short, Mother," he answered. "Obeying the commands of her Majesty
yonder," and he bowed towards Tua, who sat at the further side of the
table at which they ate, "I travelled up the Nile to this city. As
the old king, the father of the Prince of Kesh, would have slain me I
attacked him first by the help of my Egyptians and his own subjects,
and--well, he died. Moreover, none regretted him, for he was a bad
king, and I stepped into his place, and ever since have been engaged in
righting matters which they needed.
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