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Then they stopped in front of the Queen's seat, and she said: "Let the case be set up against the central pillar yonder, and let the face of the Prince be uncovered, that I may look upon him who was to have been my lord." THEN THEY STOPPED IN FRONT OF THE QUEEN'S SEAT AND SHE SAID LET THE CASE BE SET UP AGAINST THE CENTRAL PILLOW YONDER AND LET THE FACE OF THE PRINCE BE UNCOVERED THAT I MAY LOOK UPON HIM WHO WAS TO HAVE BEEN MY LORD
hat in such hours as this our hearts should be turned from pride by the remembrance that we live ever in the presence of death, and that this world is but the threshold of the next. Ill, too, would it become me to forget, in the midst of my present happiness, to pay the honour due to him who might have shared this crown with me; wherefore let the noble dead be brought into our midst, so that the soul of Nefer, looking down from the flowery fields of Aalu, may see that in the hour of our joy we do not forget the sorrow of his untimely death." Then she clapped her hands, and Menkau-Ra and Anemen-Ha shifted in their seats, and looked at each other with eyes of evil meaning as six slaves appeared at the lower end of the hall, bearing upon their shoulders the mummy-case of Nefer, the dead Prince, beloved of Nitocris. Now low, sad music sounded from a hidden source, and to the cadence of this the slaves marched slowly round the tables, followed by the eyes of the silenced and sobered guests.  OF OUR ANCESTORS FOR IS FITTING IN SUCH HOURS AS THIS OUR HEARTS SHOULD BE TURNED FROM PRIDE BY THE REMEMBRANCE THAT WE LIVE EVER IN THE PRESENCE OF DEATH AND THAT THIS WORLD IS BUT THE THRESHOLD TO THE NEXT ILL TOO IT WOULD BE FOR ME TO FORGET IN THE MIDST OF MY PRESENT HAPPINESS TO PAY HONOUR DUE TO HIM WHO MIGHT HAVE SHARED THIS CROWN WITH ME WHEREFORE LET THE NOBLE DEAD BE BROUGHT INTO OUR MIDST SO THAT THE SOUL OF NEPHE LOOKING DOWN FROM THE FLOWERY FIELDS OF ALLU MAY SEE THAT IN THE HOUR OF OUR JOY WE DO NOT FORGET THE SORROW OF HIS UNTIMELY DEATH THEN SHE CLAPPED HER HANDS AND MANKHURAH UN AMANA SHIFTED IN THEIR SEATS AND LOOKED AT EACH OTHER WITH EYES OF EVIL MEANING AS SIX SLAVES APPEARED AT THE LOWER END OF THE HALL BEARING UPON THEIR SHOULDERS THE MUMMY CASE OF NEPHER THE DEAD PRINCE BELOVED OF NIDIKRUS NOW LOW SAD MUSIC SOUNDED FROM A HIDDEN SOURCE AND TO THE CADENCE OF THIS THE SLAVES MARCHED SLOWLY AROUND THE TABLES FOLLOWED BY THE EYES OF THE SILENCED AND SOBERED GUESTS
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