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The vineyards of Cos and Sais had yielded their oldest and sweetest wines, red and purple and golden. THE VINEYARDS OF COSTS AND SAYS HAD YIELDED THEIR OLDEST AND SWEETEST WINES RED AND PURPLE AND GOLDEN
shine so brightly as the cheeks and the eyes of Nitocris--so strange are the workings of a woman's heart, and so far are its mysteries past finding out. And now the bridal feast was spread in the great banqueting hall which Pepi the Wise had made deep down in the foundations of his palace below the waters of the Nile at flood-time, and at midnight the waters would be at the full. It was here that Nitocris had sat at the betrothal feast with Nefer but a few hours before his death, for here he had drunk from the poisoned cup which Anemen-Ha the High Priest had prepared, and here only would Nitocris meet her guests. The great hall shone with the light of a thousand golden lamps, which shed their radiance and the perfume from the scented oils in which were dissolved the most precious gums of the distant East. The long tables, spread with snowy linen and loaded with vessels of gold and silver and glass of many hues and curious forms, flashed and glittered in the glow of the thousand flames.  SO SWEETLY OR ANY EYES SHINE SO BRIGHTLY AS THE CHEEKS AND EYES OF NICRUS SO STRANGE ARE THE WORKINGS OF A WOMAN'S HEART AND SO FAR ARE ITS MYSTERIES PAST FINDING OUT AND NOW THE BRIDAL FEAST WAS SPREAD IN THE GREAT BANQUETING HALL WHICH PEPY THE WISE HAD MADE DEEP DOWN IN THE FOUNDATIONS OF HIS PALACE BELOW THE WATERS OF THE NILE THAT FLED TIME AND AT MIDNIGHT THE WATERS WOULD BE AT THE FULL IT WAS HERE THAT NIDIKRUS HAD SET THE BETROTHAL FEAST WITH KNIFER BUT A FEW HOURS BEFORE HIS DEATH FOR HERE HE HAD DRUNK FROM THE POISONED CUP WHICH AMUNHA THE HIGH PRIEST HAD PREPARED AND HERE ONLY WOULD NICHOLAS MEET HER GUESTS THE GREAT HALL SHONE WITH THE LIGHT OF A THOUSAND GOLDEN LAMPS WHICH SHED THEIR RADIANCE AND THE PERFUME FROM THE SCENTED OILS IN WHICH WERE DISSOLVED THE MOST PRECIOUS GUMS OF THE DISTANT EAST THE LONG TABLES SPREAD WITH SNOWY LINEN AND LOADED WITH VESSELS OF GOLD AND SILVER AND GLASSES OF MANY EWES IN CURIOUS FORMS FLASHED AND GLITTERED IN THE GLOW OF A THOUSAND FLAMES
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