Then she asked, and her eyes flashed as she spoke: "And you really believe that you will succeed in putting the sparrow on the eagle's perch--Ani on the throne of Rameses ?" "The troops fighting in Ethiopia are for us," cried Nemu.

"The priests declare themselves against the king, and recognize in Ani the genuine blood of Ra." "That is much," said the old woman.
"And many dogs are the death of the gazelle," said Nemu laughing.
"But Rameses is not a gazelle to run, but a lion," said the old woman gravely.

"You are playing a high game." "We know it," answered Nemu.

"But it is for high stakes--there is much to win." "And all to lose," muttered the old woman, passing her fingers round her scraggy neck.

"Well, do as you please--it is all the same to me who it is sends the young to be killed, and drives the old folks' cattle from the field.