"The events of life seem to me to fall in groups.

Every misfortune brings its fellow with it--like every piece of luck.

Can you tell me of a second success ?" "Women win no battles," said the widow smiling.

"But they win allies, and I have gained a powerful one." "A God or an army ?" asked Ani.
"Something between the two," she replied.

"Paaker, the king's chief pioneer, has joined us;" and she briefly related to Ani the history of her nephew's love and hatred.
Ani listened in silence; then he said with an expression of much disquiet and anxiety: "This man is a follower of Rameses, and must shortly return to him.