With him will come her of whom you are, and I whom you must obey; also perchance another who is greater than all of us.

There at the Gateway of the South your task shall be accomplished, and you shall find the rest you seek.

It is said." "I hear the command, and it shall be done," answered the Ka in its cold, passionless voice.

"Only, Lady of the Secrets, Doer of the Will Divine, delay not, lest, outworn, I should break back like a flame to yonder breast that is my home, slaying as I come, and leaving wreck behind me." Then as the figure had appeared, so also it disappeared, growing faint by degrees, and vanishing away into the night out of which it came.
It was morning at Thebes, and Abi sat in the great hall of Pharaoh transacting business of the State, while at his side stood Kaku the Vizier.

Changed were both of them, indeed, since they had plotted the death of their guest and king at Memphis, for now Abi was so worn with work and fear and wretchedness, that his royal robes hung about him in loose folds, while Kaku had become an old, old man, who trembled as he walked.
"Is the business finished, Officer ?" asked Abi impatiently.
"Nay, Mighty Lord," answered Kaku, "there is still enough to keep you sitting here till noon, and after that you must receive the Council and the Embassies." "I will not receive them.