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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. 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
of his palace below the waters of the Nile at flood-time, and at midnight the waters would be at the full. 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. The great hall shone with the light of a thousand golden lamps, which shed their radiance and 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 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. N THE FOUNDATIONS OF HIS PALACE BELOW THE WATERS OF THE NILE THAT FLED TIME AND AT MIDNIGHT THE WATERS WOULD BE AT THE FULL 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 THE GREAT HALL SHONE WITH THE LIGHT OF A THOUSAND GOLDEN LAMPS WHICH SHED THEIR RADIANCE AND 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
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