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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. 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
heets, and the slow, soft music of their rippling was stealing along the great water-walls of the temples and palaces which formed the river-front of Memphis. Only a week ago the victorious armies of Khem had brought their spoils and 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 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. NTO WIDE SHINING SHEETS AND THE SLOW SOFT MUSIC OF THEIR RIPPLING WAS STEALING AMONG THE GREAT WATER WALLS OF THE TEMPLES AND PALACES WHICH FORMED ON THE RIVER FRONT OF MEMPHIS ONLY A WEEK AGO THE VICTORIOUS ARMIES OF KEN HAD BROUGHT THEIR SPOILS AND 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
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