The dangers came upon
me, and Asti the Magician, my foster-mother, speaking the words that had
been taught to her by the spirit of the divine Ahura who bore me, called
forth that Ka of mine, and left it where I had been, to be the wife of
Abi, such a wife, I think, as never man had before. But me, Amen, my
father, rescued, and with me Asti, bearing us in the Boat of the Sun to
far lands, and protecting us in many perils, till at length we came to
the city of Napata, where we found a certain servant of mine whom, as it
chances, I--love," and she looked at Rames and smiled.
"Meanwhile, my Shadow did the work to which it was appointed, ruling for
me in Egypt, and drawing on Abi to his ruin. But last night It returned
to me, and will be seen no more by men, except, perchance, in my tomb
after I am dead. Judge you if my tale be true, and whether I am indeed
Neter-Tua, Daughter of Amen," and opening the wrappings about her
throat, she showed the holy sign that was stamped above her breast,
adding:
"The High-Priest yonder should know this mark, for he saw it at my
birth.
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