Long ago I would have returned
to Egypt and reported myself, only my spies told me of all that had
happened there. They told me, for instance, of the murder of Pharaoh,
by the witchcraft of Abi and his companions; and they told me that
Pharaoh's daughter, the Star of Amen, forgetting all things and the oath
she swore to me, had married her old uncle Abi that she might save her
life and power."
"And you believed them, Rames?" asked Tua reproachfully.
"What else could I do but believe, Lady, seeing that those same spies
swore that they had seen your Majesty seated upon your throne at
Memphis, and elsewhere, and causing Abi to run to and fro like a little
dog, and do your bidding in all things? How could I know that it was
your Double, and not yourself that married Abi?"
"I think that Abi knows to-day," answered Tua, "since it seems that a Ka
makes but a bad wife to any man. But now what shall we do?"
"Will you not first marry me, Lady?" suggested Rames. "Afterwards, we
can think."
"Aye," she answered, "I will marry you as I have promised, but in one
place only, the temple of Amen in Egypt.
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