If once Amada ceases to think about her soul she will begin to think about her throne, especially if she has children.

But all this is far away and for the present I am glad that neither she nor the thieves have got those pearls, though perhaps they might be safer here than where they are.
And now, my son, go rest for you need it, and dream of nothing, not even Amada, who for her part will dream of Isis, if at all.

I will wake you before the dawn." So I went, being too tired to talk more, and slept like a crocodile in the sun, till, as it seemed to me, but a few minutes later I saw my mother standing over me with a lamp, saying that it was time to rise.

I rose, unwillingly enough, but refreshed, washed and dressed myself, by which time the sun had begun to appear.

Then I ate some food and, calling Bes, made ready to start for the palace.
"My son," said my mother, the lady Tiu, before we parted, "while you have been sleeping I have been thinking, as is the way of the old.
Peroa, your cousin, will be glad enough to make use of you, but he does not love you over much because he is jealous of you and fears lest you should become his rival in the future.