"One thing more! Pray see yourself that the princess Bent-Anat goes to the rooms intended for her; she must not be injured." "Still Bent-Anat ?" said Katuti with a smile full of meaning but without bitterness.

"Be easy, her rooms are on the ground floor, and she shall be warned in time." Ani turned to leave her; he glanced once more at the great hall, and said with a sigh.

"My heart is heavy--I wish this day and this night were over!" "You are like this grand hall," said Katuti smiling, "which is now empty, almost dismal; but this evening, when it is crowded with guests, it will look very different.

You were born to be a king, and yet are not a king; you will not be quite yourself till the crown and sceptre are your own." Ani smiled too, thanked her, and left her; but Katuti said to herself: "Bent-Anat may burn with the rest: I have no intention of sharing my power with her!" Crowds of men and women from all parts had thronged to Pelusium, to welcome the conqueror and his victorious army on the frontier.

Every great temple-college had sent a deputation to meet Rameses, that from the Necropolis consisting of five members, with Ameni and old Gagabu at their head.