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"Nefer or Ma Rim[=o]n, I am mortal," he said, swiftly catching her wrists and drawing her towards him. "I am flesh and blood. I am man, and thou art woman  and I love thee! I love thee! NEPHERE OMARRIMON I AM MORTAL HE SAID SWIFTLY CATCHING HER WRISTS AND DRAWING HER TOWARDS HIM I AM FLESH AND BLOOD I AM MAN AND THOU ART WOMAN AND I LOVE THEE I LOVE THEE
uld 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?" 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. 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 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
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