Excerpt: ...faculties to speak. "He decorated the tomb of Rameses," the young man continued. "Aye, I remember. I watched him often at the work." "Thou knowest how the great king loved him." The old man bent his head in assent. "He was given a signet by Rameses, and on the jewel was testimony of royal favor which should outlive the Pharaoh and Mentu himself." "Even so. A precious talisman, and a rare one." "It was lost." "Nay! Lost! Alas, that is losing the favor of Osiris. What a calamity!" The old man shook his head and ...
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Excerpt: ...faculties to speak. "He decorated the tomb of Rameses," the young man continued. "Aye, I remember. I watched him often at the work." "Thou knowest how the great king loved him." The old man bent his head in assent. "He was given a signet by Rameses, and on the jewel was testimony of royal favor which should outlive the Pharaoh and Mentu himself." "Even so. A precious talisman, and a rare one." "It was lost." "Nay! Lost! Alas, that is losing the favor of Osiris. What a calamity!" The old man shook his head and his gray brows knitted. "But the place in which it was lost is small, and I would search for it again." "That is wise. The gods aid them who surrender not." By this time the old man's face had become inquiring. "There is need for the signet now-" "The noble Mentu, in trouble?" the old man queried. "The son of the noble Mentu is in trouble-the purity of an innocent one at stake, and the foiling of a villain to accomplish," Kenkenes answered earnestly. "A sore need. Is it- Wouldst thou have me aid thee?" "Thou hast said. I come to thee to crave thy permission to search again for the signet." "Nay, but I give it freely. Yet I do not understand." "The signet was lost in the tomb of the Incomparable Pharaoh. May I not visit the crypt?" The old man thought a moment. "Aye, thou canst search. If thou wilt come for me to-morrow-" "Nay, I would go this very night." The keeper's face sobered and he shook his head. "Deny me not, I pray thee," Kenkenes entreated earnestly. "Thou, who hast lived so many years, hast at some time weighed the value of a single moment. In the waste or use of the scant space between two breaths have lives been lost, souls smirched, the unlimited history of the future turned. And never was a greater stake upon the saving of time than in this strait-which is the peril of spotless womanhood." The old man rubbed his head. "Aye, I know, I know. Thy haste is justifiable, but-" "I can go alone. There is no need that thou...
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