If Ameni attacks thee about it, thou wilt be very angry at this oversight, and canst swear by all the Gods of the heavens and of the abyss, that thou hast not attempted Pentaur's life.

More weeks will pass in enquiries.
Meanwhile do thy best, and Paaker do his, and thou art king.

An oath is easily broken by a sceptre, and if thou wilt positively keep thy word leave Pentaur at the gold mines.

None have yet returned from thence.

My father's and my brother's bones have bleached there." "But Ameni will never believe in the mistake," cried Ani, anxiously interrupting the witch.
"Then admit that thou gavest the order," exclaimed Hekt.