He added that this same body or figure, for he knew not which it was, having never troubled to inquire, had been looked upon by at least thirty Pharaohs, all as dead as it to-day, since it was the same that was used at the royal feasts before, long ago, the seat of government was moved to Thebes.
"If so," broke in Tua, who was angry, "it is time that it should be buried, if flesh and bone, or burned if wood.

But Pharaoh is wearied.
Have we your leave to depart, my Uncle ?" Without answering, Abi rose, as she thought to dismiss the company.

But it was not so, for he raised a great, golden cup of wine and said: "Before we part, my guests, let Memphis drink a welcome to the mighty Lord of the Two Lands who, for the first time in his long and glorious reign, honours it with his presence here to-day.

As he said to me but now, my royal brother is weak and aged with sickness, nor can we hope that once his visit is ended, he will return again to the White-walled City.

But as it chances the gods have given him a boon which they denied for long, the lovely daughter who shares his throne, and who, as we believe and pray, will reign after him when it pleases him to ascend into the kingdom of Osiris.