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"No, the riddle is too deep for me, even as that other riddle which I read in thy eyes, O Queen!" "Let thy love help thee to read it, then!" she replied, coming to him and putting her hands on his shoulders again. NO THE RIDDLE IS TOO DEEP FOR ME EVEN AS THAT OTHER RIDDLE WHICH I READ IN THY EYES O QUEEN LET THY LOVE HELP THEE READ IT THEN SHE REPLIED COMING TO HIM AND PUTTING HER HANDS ON HIS SHOULDERS AGAIN
w?" She whispered these words very softly and very distinctly, and as the words came rippling out from between her half-smiling lips, she took half a pace forward and looked up into his face. "Not dead--Nefer--I!" he exclaimed, starting back. "Have not the Paraschites done their work on his body? Is not his mummy even now resting in the City of the Dead? How can it be? Surely, Nitocris, thou art dreaming." "And hast thou, a priest and sage, standing on the threshold of the Holy Mysteries, hast thou not learned the law which tells thee how, with the permission of the Divine Assessors, the souls of the dead may come back from the halls of Amenti to do their bidding in other mortal shapes? And what if they should have ordained that his soul should have thus returned? "Thou, who art so like him that while he was yet alive mortal eyes could scarce distinguish the one from the other. May it not be that the gods, who foresee all things, made thee in the same image, perchance to this very end?  NEPHER THAT WAS AND IS BESIDE ME NOW SHE WHISPERED THESE WORDS VERY SOFTLY AND VERY DISTINCTLY AND AS THE WORDS CAME RIPPLING OUT FROM BETWEEN HER HALF SMILING LIPS SHE TOOK A HALF PACE FORWARD AND LOOKED UP INTO HIS FACE NOT DEAD NEVER AY HE EXCLAIMED STARTING BACK HAVE NOT THE PARACHITES DONE THEIR WORK ON HIS BODY IS NOT HIS MUMMY EVEN NOW RESTING IN THE CITY OF THE DEAD HOW CAN IT BE SURELY NIDICROUS THOU ART DREAMING AND HAST THOU A PRIEST AND SAGE STANDING ON THE THRESHOLD OF THE HOLY MYSTERIES HAST THOU NOT LEARNED THE LAW WHICH TELL THEE HOW WITH THE PERMISSION OF THE DIVINE ASSESSORS THE SOULS OF THE DEAD MAY COME BACK FROM THE HALLS OF AMITY TO DO THEIR BIDDING IN OTHER MORTAL SHAPES AND WHAT IF THEY SHOULD HAVE ORDAINED THAT HIS SOUL SHOULD HAVE THUS RETURNED THOU WHO ART SO LIKE HIM THAT WHILE HE WAS YET ALIVE MORTAL EYES COULD SCARCE DISTINGUISH THE ONE FROM THE OTHER MAY IT NOT BE THAT THE GODS WHO FORESEE ALL THINGS MADE THEE IN THE SAME IMAGE PERCHANCE TO THIS VERY END
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