of which I must tell him that he may not despise me, if he hears about it.

I never had a mother, and there was no one to warn me....

Where shall I begin?
Prince Siptah--you know him, father--that wicked man will soon rule over my country.

My father is in a conspiracy with him...

merciful gods, I can say no more!" Terror and despair convulsed her features as she uttered these words; but Ephraim interrupted her and, with tearful eyes and faltering voice, confessed that he knew all.