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At the other tables sat their friends and kindred, the families of the Mohar and the High Priest, the chief officers of the victorious army and all the proud hierarchy of the Temple of Ptah, for was not this the triumph of Anemen Ha no less than of Menkau Ra? AT THE OTHER TABLES SAT THEIR FRIENDS AND KINDRED THE FAMILIES OF THE MOHA AND THE HIGH PRIEST THE CHIEF OFFICERS OF THE VICTORIOUS ARMY AND ALL THE PROUD HIERARCHY OF THE TEMPLE OF PTAH FOR WAS THIS NOT THE TRIUMPH OF AMUHA NO LESS THAN OF MANKURA
nted 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. The vineyards of Cos and Sais had yielded their oldest and sweetest wines, red and purple and golden. The choicest meats and the rarest fruits that ripened under the glowing suns of Khem--all was there that could make glad the heart of man and fill his soul with contentment. At the centre of the table, which stood on a raised platform in front of the great black pedestal of the Colossus of Pepi, Nitocris the Queen sat in her chair of ivory and gold, clad in almost transparent robes of the finest silk of Cos, shining with gems, and crowned with the Uraeus Snake, and the double diadem of the Two Lands. On her right sat Menkau-Ra, crowned and robed in royal vesture, and on her left Anemen-Ha in his priestly garments of snowy linen.  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 THE VINEYARDS OF COSTS AND SAYS HAD YIELDED THEIR OLDEST AND SWEETEST WINES RED AND PURPLE AND GOLDEN THE CHOICEST MEATS AND THE RAREST FRUITS THAT RIPENED UNDER THE GLOWING SUNS OF KEM ALL WAS THERE THAT COULD MAKE GLAD THE HEART OF MAN AND FILL HIS SOUL WITH CONTENTMENT AT THE CENTRE OF THE TABLE WHICH STOOD ON A RAISED PLATFORM IN THE FRONT OF A GREAT BLACK PEDESTAL OF THE COLOSSUS OF PEPY NICHUS THE QUEEN SAT IN HER CHAIR OF IVORY AND GOLD CLAD IN ALMOST TRANSPARENT ROBES OF THE FINEST SILK OF COST SHINING WITH GEMS AND CROWNED WITH A YEARY SNAKE AND THE DOUBLE DIADEM OF THE TWO LANDS ON HER RIGHT SAT MANKURAH CROWNED AND ROBED IN ROYAL VESTURE AND ON HER LEFT AMANA IN HIS PRIESTLY GARMENTS OF SNOWY LINEN
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