Long have I outlived all those of my generation, yes, and their children also.

Therefore the wilderness and the forest that do not change are now my only friends, since they alone knew me when I was young.

Be pitiful now to me, for I am poor, so poor that for three whole days no food has passed my lips.

It was the smell of the meat which you have with you that led me to you.

Give me of that meat, Daughter, for I starve." "It is yours, O----" and she paused.
"I am called Kepher." "Kepher, Kepher!" repeated Tua, for she thought it strange that a beggar-man should be named after that scarabaeus insect which among the Egyptians was the symbol of eternity.