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"Yet this once it shall be done, O Priest of the Father of the Gods," answered Nitocris, turning and looking into his eyes, "for last night I had a vision, and I saw the soul of Nefer come back to his mummy, here in this hall, at my bridal feast, and his eyes opened, and his lips spoke, and made plain to me many things that I greatly longed to know. YET THIS ONCE IT SHALL BE DONE O PRIEST OF THE FATHER OF THE GODS ANSWERED NINOCRIS TURNING AND LOOKING INTO HIS EYES FOR LAST NIGHT I HAD A VISION AND I SAW THE SOUL OF NEPHER COME BACK TO HIS MUMMY HERE IN THIS HALL AT MY BRIDAL FEAST AND HIS EYES OPENED AND HIS LIPS SPOKE IT MADE PLAIN TO ME MANY THINGS THAT I GREATLY LONGED TO KNOW
y see that in the hour of our joy we do not forget the sorrow of his untimely death." Then she clapped her hands, and Menkau-Ra and Anemen-Ha shifted in their seats, and looked at each other with eyes of evil meaning as six slaves appeared at the lower end of the hall, bearing upon their shoulders the mummy-case of Nefer, the dead Prince, beloved of Nitocris. Now low, sad music sounded from a hidden source, and to the cadence of this the slaves marched slowly round the tables, followed by the eyes of the silenced and sobered guests. Then they stopped in front of the Queen's seat, and she said: "Let the case be set up against the central pillar yonder, and let the face of the Prince be uncovered, that I may look upon him who was to have been my lord." "But if I may speak, Royal Egypt," said Anemen-Ha, the chief of the House of Ptah, leaning towards her, "that would be beyond the law of the gods and the customs of the land. To look on the face of the dead were defilement for thee and us. OM THE FLOWERY FIELDS OF ALLU MAY SEE THAT IN THE HOUR OF OUR JOY WE DO NOT FORGET THE SORROW OF HIS UNTIMELY DEATH THEN SHE CLAPPED HER HANDS AND MANKHURAH UN AMANA SHIFTED IN THEIR SEATS AND LOOKED AT EACH OTHER WITH EYES OF EVIL MEANING AS SIX SLAVES APPEARED AT THE LOWER END OF THE HALL BEARING UPON THEIR SHOULDERS THE MUMMY CASE OF NEPHER THE DEAD PRINCE BELOVED OF NIDIKRUS NOW LOW SAD MUSIC SOUNDED FROM A HIDDEN SOURCE AND TO THE CADENCE OF THIS THE SLAVES MARCHED SLOWLY AROUND THE TABLES FOLLOWED BY THE EYES OF THE SILENCED AND SOBERED GUESTS THEN THEY STOPPED IN FRONT OF THE QUEEN'S SEAT AND SHE SAID LET THE CASE BE SET UP AGAINST THE CENTRAL PILLOW YONDER AND LET THE FACE OF THE PRINCE BE UNCOVERED THAT I MAY LOOK UPON HIM WHO WAS TO HAVE BEEN MY LORD BUT IF I MAY SPEAK ROYAL EGYPT SAID AMUNTAH THE CHIEF OF THE HOUSE OF PTAH LEANING TOWARDS HER THOU WOULD BE BEYOND THE LAW OF THE GODS AND THE CUSTOMS OF THE LAND TO LOOK UPON THE FACE OF THE DEAD WERE DEFILEMENT FOR THEE AND US
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