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this Abi to gather a great army, and to march southward to make an end
of Rames. But secretly whisper into the ears of the generals of this
army, that it is true the divine Pharaoh who is gone promised you in
marriage to Rames with your own consent, and by the command of Amen,
Father of the Gods, and of your Spirit. Whisper to them that Amen is
wrath with Abi because of his crime, as he will show them in due season,
and that those who rebel against him shall have his love and favour. At
the Gateway of the South, whence the Nile rushes northward between great
walls of rock, Rames shall meet the army of Abi. With him will come her
of whom you are, and I whom you must obey; also perchance another who
is greater than all of us. There at the Gateway of the South your task
shall be accomplished, and you shall find the rest you seek. It is
said."
"I hear the command, and it shall be done," answered the Ka in its cold,
passionless voice. "Only, Lady of the Secrets, Doer of the Will Divine,
delay not, lest, outworn, I should break back like a flame to yonder
breast that is my home, slaying as I come, and leaving wreck behind me.
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