Only he! Aye! Great things are stirring, and it may happen that soon the mild sun of peace may rise upon our war-ridden people." "Miracles are happening," he continued, "and in a dream I saw a gentle and pious man on the throne of the earthly vicar of Ra.

He listened to our counsel, he gave us our due, and led back to our fields our serfs that had been sent to the war; he overthrew the altars of the strange gods, and drove the unclean stranger out from this holy land." "The Regent Ani!" exclaimed Septah.
An eager movement stirred the assembly, but Ameni went on: "Perhaps it was not unlike him, but he certainly was the One; he had the features of the true and legitimate descendants of Ra, to whom Rui was faithful, in whose breast the heart of the sacred ram found a refuge.
To-morrow this pledge of the divine grace shall be shown to the people, and another mercy will also be announced to them.

Hear and praise the dispensations of the Most High! An hour ago I received the news that a new Apis, with all the sacred marks upon him, has been found in the herds of Ani at Hermonthis." Fresh excitement was shown by the listening conclave.

Ameni let their astonishment express itself freely, but at last he exclaimed: "And now to settle the last question.

The priest Pentaur, who is now present, has been appointed speaker at the festival to-morrow.