I loved the poet, yet I must restrain him, else he will break down all barriers, like the Nile when it swells too high.
And what he says of the miracle--" "Did you devise it ?" "By the Holy One--no!" cried Ameni.
"And yet Pentaur is sincere, and inclined to faith," said the old man doubtfully.
"I know it," returned Ameni.

"It happened as he said.

But who did it, and who told him of the shameful deed ?" Both the priests stood thoughtfully gazing at the floor.
Ameni first broke the silence.
"Pentaur came in with Nebsecht," he exclaimed, "and they are intimate friends.

Where was the leech while I was staying in Thebes ?" "He was taking care of the child hurt by Bent-Anat--the child of the paraschites Pinem, and he stayed there three days," replied Gagabu.
"And it was Pinem," said Ameni, "that opened the body of Rui! Now I know who has dimmed Pentaur's faith.

It was that inquisitive stutterer, and he shall be made to repent of it.