Did I fail you when you were in the grip of the King of kings in the East, and only your own life and that of Bes were at stake ?" "I do not know," I answered.
"You do not know, but I know, as I think do Bes and Karema, since the one received the messages which the other sent.

Well, if I did not fail you then, shall I fail you now when Egypt is at stake?
Follow these guides I give you, and----" here he took hold of the quiver of arrows that lay beside me on the ground, and as certainly as though he could see it with his blind eyes, touched one of them, on the shaft of which were two black and a white feather, "remember my words after you have loosed this arrow from your great black bow and noted where it strikes." Then I turned to Bes and asked, "Where do we meet again ?" "I cannot say, Brother," he answered.

"In Amada if that may be.

If not, at the Table of Osiris, or in the fields of the Grasshopper, or in the blackness which swallows all, gods and men together." "Does Karema come with me or bide with you ?" I asked again.
"She does neither," interrupted Tanofir, "she accompanies me to Amada, where I have need of her and she will be more safe.

Oh! fear nothing, for every hermit however poor, still carries his staff and his cup, even if it be cracked." Then I shook Bes by the hand and went my way, wondering if I were awake or dreaming, and the last thing I saw in that tent was the beautiful face of Karema smiling at me.