If you let the moment pass without striking you will remain in the cage; but if you act and show yourself a lion your keepers are done for!" "You urge me on and on," said Ani.

"But supposing your plan were to fail, as Paaker's well considered plot failed ?" "Then you are no worse off than you are now," answered Katuti.

"The Gods rule the elements, not men.

Is it likely that you should finish so beautiful a structure with such care only to destroy it?
And we have no accomplices, and need none." "But who shall set the brand to the room which Nemu and the slave have filled with straw and pitch ?" asked Ani.
"I," said Katuti decidedly.

"And one who has nothing to look for from Rameses." "Who is that ?" "Paaker." "Is the Mohar here ?" asked the Regent surprised.
"You yourself have seen him." "You are mistaken," said Ani.