"Since our excursion to the Necropolis the day before yesterday it was--she speaks only of thee, praising thy ability, and thy strong manly spirit.

It is as if some charm obliged her to think of thee." The pioneer began to walk so fast that his small companion once more had to ask him to moderate his steps.
They gained the shore in silence, where Paaker's boat was waiting, which also conveyed his chariot.

He lay down in the little cabin, called the dwarf to him, and said: "I am Katuti's nearest relative; we are now reconciled; why does she not turn to me in her difficulty ?" "Because she is proud, and thy blood flows in her veins.

Sooner would she die with her child--she said so--than ask thee, against whom she sinned, for an 'alms'." "She did think of me then ?" "At once; nor did she doubt thy generosity.

She esteems thee highly--I repeat it; and if an arrow from a Cheta's bow or a visitation of the Gods attained Mena, she would joyfully place her child in thine arms, and Nefert believe me has not forgotten her playfellow.