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Heshookhishead。“Notaltogether。Ithinkthisdarknesscomesfromtheheavensaslightdoes。Menareafraidtheyknownotofwhat。“
“TheIsraelites，“Isuggested。
“Nowyouareneartoit，Ana，fordoubtlesstheyhavemuchtodowiththematter。HaditnotbeenforthemSetiandnotAmenmeseswouldbecrownedto-morrow。AlsothetaleofthemarvelwhichthebeautifulHebrewwomanwroughtinthetempleyonderhasgotabroadandistakenasanomen。DidItellyouthatsixdaysgoneafinenewstatueofthegodwasconsecratedthereandonthefollowingmorningwasfoundlyingonitsside，orratherwithitsheadrestingonthebreastofMut？“
“Ifso，Merapiisblameless，becauseshehasgoneawayfromthiscity。“
“Ofcourseshehasgoneaway，forhasnotSetigonealso？ButIthinksheleftsomethingbehindher。Howeverthatmaybe，evenournewdivinelordisafraid。Hedreamsill，Ana，“headded，droppinghisvoice，“soillthathehascalledinKi，theKherheb，[*]tointerprethisvisions。“
[*]“Kherheb“wasthetitleofthechiefofficialmagicianinancientEgypt。
“AndwhatsaidKi？“
“Kicouldsaynothingor，rather，thattheonlyanswervouchsafedtohimandhiscompany，whentheymadeinquiryoftheirKas，wasthatthisgod’sreignwouldbeveryshortandthatitandhislifewouldendtogether。“
“WhichperhapsdidnotpleasethegodAmenmeses，Bakenkhonsu？“
“Whichdidnotpleasethegodatall。HethreatenedKi。Itisafoolishthingtothreatenagreatmagician，Ana，astheKherhebKi，himselfindeedtoldhim，lookinghimintheeyes。Thenheprayedhispardonandaskedwhowouldsucceedhimonthethrone，butKisaidhedidnotknow，asaKherhebwhohadbeenthreatenedcouldneverrememberanything，whichindeedhenevercan——excepttopaybackthethreatener。“
“Anddidheknow，Bakenkhonsu？“
BywayofanswertheoldCouncillorcrumbledsomebreadfineuponthetable，thenwithhisfingertracedamongthecrumbstheroughlikenessofajackal-headedgodandoftwofeathers，afterwhichwithaswiftmovementhesweptthecrumbsontothefloor。
“Seti!“Iwhispered，readingthehieroglyphsofthePrince’sname，andhenoddedandlaughedinhisgreatfashion。
“Mencometotheirownsometimes，Ana，especiallyiftheydonotseektheirown，“hesaid。“Butifso，muchmusthappenfirstthatisterrible。ThenewPharaohisnottheonlymanwhodreams，Ana。OflateyearsmysleephasbeenlightandsometimesIdream，thoughIhavenomagicliketothatofKi。“
“Whatdidyoudream？“
“IdreamedofagreatmultitudemarchinglikelocustsoverEgypt。
Beforethemwentacolumnoffireinwhichweretwohands。OneoftheseheldAmonbythethroatandoneheldthenewPharaohbythethroat。Afterthemcameacolumnofcloud，andinitashapeliketothatofanunwrappedmummy，ashapeofdeathstandinguponwaterthatwasfullofcountlessdead。“
NowIbethoughtmeofthepicturethatthePrinceandIhadseenintheskiesyonderinthelandofGoshen，butofitIsaidnothing。Yet
