But say, Paaker, what devil of amiability took possession of you down by the river, that you let the rascal escape unpunished." "Did you do that ?" exclaimed Gagabu.

"Revenge is usually your--" Ameni threw so warning a glance at the old man, that he suddenly broke off, and then asked the pioneer: "How did the struggle begin, and who was the fellow ?" "Some insolent people," said Paaker, "wanted to push in front of the boat that was waiting for my mother, and I asserted my rights.

The rascal fell upon me, and killed my dog and--by my Osirian father!--the crocodiles would long since have eaten him if a woman had not come between us, and made herself known to me as Bent-Anat, the daughter of Rameses.

It was she herself, and the rascal was the young prince Rameri, who was yesterday forbidden this temple." "Oho!" cried the old master of the hunt.

"Oho! my lord! Is this the way to speak of the children of the king ?" Others of the company who were attached to Pharaoh's family expressed their indignation; but Ameni whispered to Paaker--"Say no more!" then he continued aloud: "You never were careful in weighing your words, my friend, and now, as it seems to me, you are speaking in the heat of fever.