6/18 "No doubt of it! Only look how his lips tremble, and his eyes roll. It is hideous--he looks like one possessed." [It was thought that the insane were possessed by demons. A stele admirably treated by F.de Rouge exists at Paris, which relates that the sister-in law of Rameses III., who was possessed by devils, had them driven out by the statue of Chunsu, which was sent to her in Asia.] "He is unclean too!" said Nefert. He is honest and sober, and I am sure he is ill and not drunk." "Now she is standing up," said Rameri, and he dropped the paper-lantern which he had bought at a booth. |