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"Ah yes, vengeance," she replied, turning towards him with a gasp in her voice, "that must come; but whose hand shall cast the spear or draw the bow? AH YES VENGEANCE SHE REPLIED TURNING TOWARDS HIM WITH A GASP IN HER VOICE THAT MUST COME BY WHOSE HAND SHALL CAST THE SPEAR OR DRAW THE BOW
the mystery of the Egyptian night as it was in those old days--the face of a fair woman, a riddle of the gods which men might go mad in seeking to read aright, and yet never learn the true meaning of it. The silence between them had been long and yet so solemn in its wordless meaning that he had not dared to break it. Then at length she spoke, moving only her lips, her body still motionless and her eyes still gazing at the stars, or into the depths beyond them. "Can it be true, Ma-Rim[=o]n? Can the gods indeed have permitted such a thing to be? Can the All-Father have given His Chief Minister to be the instrument of such a foul crime and monstrous impiety as this?" And he replied, slowly and sadly: "Yes, it is true, Nitocris, true that thou art now Queen in the land by the will of the great Rameses; and true also it is that the shade of Nefer is now waiting in the halls of Amenti till his murderers shall be sent by the hand of a just vengeance into the presence of the Divine Assessors. YSTERY DEEPER THAN THE BEAUTY AND MYSTERY OF THE EGYPTIAN NIGHT AS IT WAS IN THOSE OLD DAYS THE FACE OF A FAIR WOMAN A RIDDLE OF THE GODS WHICH MEN MIGHT GO MADDEN SEEKING TO READ OR WRITE AND YET NEVER LEARN THE TRUE MEANING OF IT THE SILENCE BETWEEN THEM HAD BEEN LONG AND YET SO SOLEMN IN ITS WORDLESS MEANING THAT HE DARED NOT BREAK IT THEN AT LENGTH SHE SPOKE MOVING ONLY HER LIPS HER BODY STILL MOTIONLESS AND HER EYES STILL GAZING AT THE STARS OR INTO THE DEPTHS BEYOND THEM CAN IT BE TRUE MARI CAN THE GODS HAVE INDEED PERMITTED SUCH A THING TO BE CAN THE ALL FATHER HAVE GIVEN HIS CHIEF MINISTER TO BE THE INSTRUMENT OF SUCH A FAL CRIME AND MONSTROUS IMPIETY AS THIS AND HE REPLIED SLOWLY AND SADLY YES IT IS TRUE NITICRUS TRUE THAT THAT THOU ART NOW QUEEN IN THE LAND BY THE WILL OF THE GREAT RAMESES AND TRUE ALSO IT IS THAT THE SHADE OF NEPHER IS NOW WAITING IN THE HALLS OF AMENTY TILL HIS MURDERERS SHALL BE SENT BY THE HAND OF A JUST VENGEANCE INTO THE PRESENCE OF THE DIVINE ASSESSORS
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