If this marble still endures, it must be the most famous of them all, though perchance Aphrodite has shattered it in her jealous rage.

You shall tell me of these statues afterwards; mine had a mark on the left shoulder like to a mole, but the stone was imperfect, not my flesh, as I can prove if you should wish." Thinking it better not to enter on a discussion as to Ayesha's shoulder, I remained silent and she went on.
"I dwelt in Egypt also, and there, to be rid of men who wearied me with their sighs and importunities, also to acquire more wisdom of which she was the mistress, I entered the service of the goddess Isis, Queen of Heaven, vowing to remain virgin for ever.

Soon I became her high-priestess and in her most sacred shrines upon the Nile, I communed with the goddess and shared her power, since from me her daughter, she withheld none of her secrets.

So it came about that though Pharaohs held the sceptre, it was I who ruled Egypt and brought it and Sidon to their fall, it matters not how or why, as it was fated that I must do.

Yes, kings would come to seek counsel from me where I sat throned, dressed in the garb of Isis and breathing out her power.