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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. 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
p at the coldly shining Isis Star, and through the silence there came to his soul in the speech that is never heard by the ears of flesh the fateful words: "Once only is it given to mortals to look into the eyes of Isis. He who looks and turns his gaze aside has found and lost." CHAPTER III THE DEATH-BRIDAL OF NITOCRIS The day of the bridal of Nitocris the Queen with Menkau-Ra the Conqueror had come and gone in a blaze of golden splendour. In all the Upper and Lower Lands no head was held so proudly as the head of Menkau-Ra, no heart beat so high as his that day, nor did any cheek bloom so sweetly, or any eyes 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.  CHAPTER THREE OF THE MUMMY AND MISS NIDICRUS BY GEORGE GRIFFITH THIS LIP OF BOX ACCORDING IS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN RECORDING BY JAMES LE PEAN CHAPTER THREE THE DEATH BRIDAL OF NIDICHRUS THE DAY OF THE BRIDAL OF NIDICHUS THE QUEEN WITH MANKHURAH THE CONQUEROR HAD COME AND GONE IN A BLAZE OF GOLDEN SPLENDOR IN ALL THE UPPER AND LOWER LANDS NO HEAD WAS HELD SO PROUDLY AS THE HEAD OF MANKURAH NO HEART BEAT SO HIGH AS HIS THAT DAY NOR DID ANY CHEEK BLOOM 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
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