Shall we ever be off for the summer, to Ecbatana or Pasargada ?" "I was talking to the king about it to-day.

He had intended not to leave before the Massagetan war, and to go straight from Babylon into the field, but to-day's embassy has changed matters; it is probable that there may be no war, and then we shall go to Susa three days after the king's marriage--that is, in one week from the present time." "To Susa ?" cried the cup-bearer.

"It's very little cooler there than here, and besides, the old Memnon's castle is being rebuilt." "The satrap of Susa has just brought word that the new palace is finished, and that nothing so brilliant has ever been seen.

Directly Cambyses heard, it he said: Then we will start for Susa three days after our marriage.

I should like to show the Egyptian Princess that we understand the art of building as well as her own ancestors.