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“Pharaoh!“saidtheman。“WehavesuretidingsthatPharaohandhisarmiesareslainbywizardryinthesea。“
“Fool!“thunderedthePrince，“Pharaohneverdies。PharaohAmenmesesiswithOsirisbutthegoodgodSetiMeneptahwho/is/Pharaohbidsyouopen。“
Thenthebronzegatesrolledback，andthosewhoguardedthemprostratedthemselvesinthedust。
“Man，“Icalledtothecaptain，“whatmeansyondershouting？“
“Sir，“heanswered，“Idonotknow，butIamtoldthatthewitchwhohasbroughtwoeonEgyptandbymagiccausedthedeathofPharaohAmenmesesandhisarmies，diesbyfireintheplacebeforethetemple。“
“Bywhosecommand？“Icriedagainasthecharioteerfloggedthehorses，butnoanswerreachedourears。
Werushedonupthewidestreettothegreatplacethatwaspackedwithtensofthousandsofthepeople。Wedrovethehorsesatthem。
“WayforPharaoh!WayfortheMightyOne，thegoodgod，SetiMeneptah，KingoftheUpperandtheLowerLand!“shoutedtheescort。
ThepeopleturnedandsawthetallshapeofthePrincestillcladintherobesofstatewhichhehadwornwhenhestoodbeforeAmenmesesinthepavilionbythesea。
“Pharaoh!Pharaoh!HailtoPharaoh!“theycried，prostratingthemselves，andthecrypassedonthroughMemphislikeawind。
Nowwewerecometothecentreoftheplace，andthereinfrontofthegreatgatesofthetempleburnedavastpyreofwood。Beforethepyremovedfigures，inoneofwhomIknewKidressedinhismagician’srobe。Outsideofthesetherewasadoublecircleofsoldierswhokeptthepeopleback，whichtheseneeded，fortheyravedlikemadmenandshooktheirfists。Agroupofpriestsnearthefireseparated，andI
sawthatamongthemstoodamanandawoman，thelatterwithdishevelledhairandtornrobesasthoughshehadbeenroughlyhandled。Atthismomentherstrengthseemedtofailherandshesanktotheground，liftingherfaceasshedidso。ItwasthefaceofMerapi，MoonofIsrael。
Soshewasnotdead。Themanathersidestoopedasthoughtoliftherup，butastonethrownoutoftheshadowstruckhiminthebackandcausedhimtostraightenhimself，whichhedidwithacurseatthethrower。Iknewthevoiceatonce，althoughthespeakerwasdisguised。
ItwasthatofLabantheIsraelite，hewhohadbeenbetrothedtoMerapi，andhadstriventomurderusinthelandofGoshen。Whatdidhehere？Iwondereddimly。
Kiwasspeaking。“HarkhowtheHebrewcatspits，“hesaid。“Well，thecausehasbeentriedandtheverdictgiven，andIthinkthatthefamiliarshouldfeedtheflamesbeforethewitch。Watchhimnow，andperhapshewillchangeintosomethingelse。“
Allthishesaid，smilinginhisusualpleasantfashion，evenwhenhemadeasigntocertainblacktempleslaveswhostoodnear。Theyleaptforward，andIsawthefirelightshoneupontheircopperarmletsastheygrippedLaban。Hefoughtfuriously，shouting：
“Whereareyourarmies，Egyptians，andwhereisyourdogofaPharaoh？
GodigthemfromtheSeaofReeds。Farewell，MoonofIsrael。Lookhowyourroyallovercrownsyouatthelast，Ofaithless-“
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