Then, their petitions finished, Asti rose to her feet, and once again, as in the pylon tower at Memphis, uttered the awful words that in bygone days had been spoken to her by the spirit of Ahura the divine in Osiris.
There was a sound as of whispering, a sound as of beating wings.

Lo! in the shadow beyond the lamplight a mist gathered that brightened by degrees and took shape, the shape of a royal woman clad in the robes and ornaments of Egypt's Queen, whose face was as the face of Neter-Tua, only prouder and more unearthly.

In silence it stood before them scanning them with its glittering eyes.
"Whence come you, O Double ?" asked Asti.
"From that place where your command found me, O Mistress of Secret Things, from the house of Abi at Thebes, wherein he seems to rule as Pharaoh," the Form answered in its cold voice.
"How fares it with Abi and with Egypt, O Double ?" "With Abi it fares but ill; he wastes in toil and fear and longings, and knows no happy hour.

But with Egypt it fares well.

Never, O Lady of Strength, was she more great than she is to-day, for in all things I have fulfilled the commandments that were laid upon me, and now I desire to rest in that bosom whence I came," and she pointed to Tua, who stood and watched.
"Not yet, O Double, for there is still work for you to do, and then you shall be at peace till the day of the last Awakening.