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Her soul was his, and he knew well that the man to whom she had not given her soul would never be permitted to lay a loving hand on her body. HER SOUL WAS HIS AND HE KNEW WELL THAT THE MAN WHOM SHE HAD NOT GIVEN HER SOUL WOULD NEVER BE PERMITTED TO LAY A LOVING HAND ON HER BODY
 eastern frontier. There had been fruit, bread, and flesh, and wine for the poor, and banquets of royal lavishness for those who could claim right of entry into the sacred circle which enclosed the Throne, the Temple, and the camp of the victorious warrior. For days he had heard the name of Menkau-Ra the Conqueror shouted up to the heavens by the crowds that had thronged the streets and the market-places, and, mingled with it, he had also heard the name of the girl-queen whose arms had been about his neck, and whose lips he had kissed the night before, and he knew that even now the people were asking why the Conqueror should not wed the daughter of Rameses, and become the father of a line of even greater and yet mightier Pharaohs. He had heard their cries calmly and without anger, for he knew that that one stolen hour of sweet intercourse with her meant much more than the Conqueror himself could win--something that could not be taken by force, or even through the will of the dead king. THEIR PRISONERS ACROSS THE EASTERN FRONTIER THERE HAD BEEN FRUIT BREAD AND FLESH AND WINE FOR THE POOR AND BANQUETS OF ROYAL LAVISHNESS FOR THOSE WHO COULD CLAIM RIGHT OF ENTRY INTO THE SACRED CIRCLE WHICH ENCLOSED THE THRONE THE TEMPLE AND THE CAMP OF THE VICTORIOUS WARRIOR FOR DAYS HE HAD HEARD THE NAME MANKARAH THE CONQUEROR SHOUTED UP TO THE HEAVENS BY THE CROWDS THAT HAD THRONGED THE STREETS AND THE MARKET PLACES AND MINGLED WITH IT HE HAD ALSO HEARD THE NAME OF THE GIRL QUEEN WHOSE ARM HAD BEEN ABOUT HIS NECK AND WHOSE LIPS HE HAD KISSED THE NIGHT BEFORE AND HE KNEW EVEN NOW THAT PEOPLE WERE ASKING WHY THE CONQUEROR SHOULD NOT WED THE DAUGHTER OF RAMESES AND BECOME THE FATHER OF A LINE EVEN GREATER AND YET MIGHTIER THAN THE PHARAOH'S HE HAD HEARD THEIR CRIES CALMLY AND WITHOUT ANGER FOR HE KNEW THAT ONE STOLEN HOUR OF SWEET INTERCOURSE WITH HER MEANT MUCH MORE THAN THE CONQUEROR HIMSELF COULD WIN SOMETHING THAT COULD NOT BE TAKEN BY FORCE OR EVEN THROUGH THE WILL OF THE DEAD KING
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