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At that moment a carriage came by along the road quite close to them. Two of its occupants were looking straight towards them. They passed without taking the slightest notice, as they must have done had they seen such a marvellous figure as that of the Queen. AT THAT MOMENT A CARRIAGE CAME BY ALONG THE ROAD QUITE CLOSE TO THEM TWO OF ITS OCCUPANTS WERE LOOKING STRAIGHT TOWARDS THEM THEY PASSED WITHOUT TAKING THE SLIGHTEST NOTICE THAT THEY MUST HAVE DONE HAD THEY SEEN SUCH A MARVELLOUS FIGURE AS THAT OF THE QUEEN
utter amazement, he saw Queen Nitocris, arrayed exactly as she had been on that terrible night of her bridal with Menkau-Ra, walking towards him; a perfect incarnation of beauty, but---- "Oh dear me!" said the Professor, "this will never do. Good heavens! everybody in Wimbledon knows me, and--well, of course, Her Majesty is very lovely and all that; but what on earth would people think if any one saw me strolling across the Common in company with an Egyptian Queen--to say nothing of the costume--and the image of my own daughter, too!" The figure approached, and the Queen, dazzlingly and bewilderingly beautiful, held out her hands to him, and their eyes met and they looked at each other across the gulf of fifty centuries. Impelled by an irresistible impulse coming from whence he knew not, he clasped them in his, and said, apparently by no volition of his own, in the Ancient Tongue: "Ma-Rim[=o]n greets Nitocris, the Queen! What hath he done that he should be once more so highly honoured? WILDERMENT DEAR ME WHO'S THAT HE LOOKED UP AND TO HIS UTTER AMAZEMENT HE SAW QUEEN NIDITERUS ARRAYED EXACTLY AS SHE HAD BEEN ON THAT TERRIBLE NIGHT OF HER BRIDAL WITH MANKURAH WALKING TOWARDS HIM A PERFECT INCARNATION OF BEAUTY BUT O DEAR ME SAID THE PROFESSOR THIS WILL NEVER DO GOOD HEAVENS EVERYBODY IN WIMBLETON KNOWS ME AND WELL OF COURSE HER MAJESTY IS VERY LOVELY AND ALL THAT BUT WHAT ON EARTH WOULD PEOPLE THINK IF ANYONE SAW ME STROLLING ACROSS THE COMMON IN COMPANY WITH AN EGYPTIAN QUEEN TO SAY NOTHING OF THE CUSTOM AND THE IMAGE OF MY OWN DAUGHTER TOO THE FIGURE APPROACHED AND THE QUEEN DAZZLING AND BEWILDERLY BEAUTIFUL HELD OUT HER HANDS TO HIM AND THEIR EYES MET AND THEY LOOKED AT EACH OTHER ACROSS THE GULF OF FIFTY CENTURIES IMPELLED BY AN IRRESISTIBLE IMPULSE COMING FROM WHENCE HE KNEW NOT HE CLASPED THEM IN HIS AND SAID APPARENTLY BY NO VOLITION OF HIS OWN IN THE ANCIENT TONGUE MARI GREETS NIDICHRUS THE QUEEN WHAT HATH HE DONE THAT HE SHOULD BE ONCE MORE SO HIGHLY HONOURED
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