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He saw the sweet, red, smiling lips coming nearer to him, and felt the soft breath on his bare throat. He saw the deep eyes melting into tenderness as the moonlight shone upon them, and in the pale olive cheeks a faint flush swiftly deepened. HE SAW THE SWEET RED SMILING LIPS COMING NEARER TO HIM AND FELT THE SOFT BREATH ON HIS BARE THROAT HE SAW THE DEEP EYES MELTING INTO TENDERNESS AS THE MOONLIGHT SHONE UPON THEM AND IN THE PALE OLIVE CHEEKS A FAINT FLUSH SWIFTLY DEEPENED
f the Holy Mysteries, hast thou not learned the law which tells thee how, with the permission of the Divine Assessors, the souls of the dead may come back from the halls of Amenti to do their bidding in other mortal shapes? And what if they should have ordained that his soul should have thus returned? "Thou, who art so like him that while he was yet alive mortal eyes could scarce distinguish the one from the other. May it not be that the gods, who foresee all things, made thee in the same image, perchance to this very end?" "No, the riddle is too deep for me, even as that other riddle which I read in thy eyes, O Queen!" "Let thy love help thee to read it, then!" she replied, coming to him and putting her hands on his shoulders again. "Tell me now, Ma-Rim[=o]n, what wouldst thou do if thy soul were now waiting in the land of Aalu and the soul of Nefer was listening to me with thine ears, and looking at me with thine eyes?" "And if thou----" "Yes, and if I too believed that this were so? AND HAST THOU A PRIEST AND SAGE STANDING ON THE THRESHOLD OF THE HOLY MYSTERIES HAST THOU NOT LEARNED THE LAW WHICH TELL THEE HOW WITH THE PERMISSION OF THE DIVINE ASSESSORS THE SOULS OF THE DEAD MAY COME BACK FROM THE HALLS OF AMITY TO DO THEIR BIDDING IN OTHER MORTAL SHAPES AND WHAT IF THEY SHOULD HAVE ORDAINED THAT HIS SOUL SHOULD HAVE THUS RETURNED THOU WHO ART SO LIKE HIM THAT WHILE HE WAS YET ALIVE MORTAL EYES COULD SCARCE DISTINGUISH THE ONE FROM THE OTHER MAY IT NOT BE THAT THE GODS WHO FORESEE ALL THINGS MADE THEE IN THE SAME IMAGE PERCHANCE TO THIS VERY END NO THE RIDDLE IS TOO DEEP FOR ME EVEN AS THAT OTHER RIDDLE WHICH I READ IN THY EYES O QUEEN LET THY LOVE HELP THEE READ IT THEN SHE REPLIED COMING TO HIM AND PUTTING HER HANDS ON HIS SHOULDERS AGAIN TELL ME NOW MARI WHAT THOU DO IF THY SOUL WERE NOW WAITING IN THE LAND OF ALLU AND THE SOUL OF NEPHER WAS LISTENING TO ME WITH THINE EYES AND LOOKING AT ME WITH THINE EYES AND IF THOU YES AND IF I TOO BELIEVED THAT THIS WERE SO
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