[Morning Star by H. Rider Haggard]@TWC D-Link bookMorning Star CHAPTER VIII 7/26
Still, that is his plot which he will carry through if he is able.
I suspected it from the first, and that is why I always opposed this visit to Memphis, but you will remember that you bade me be silent, saying that you had determined to see the most ancient city in Egypt." "You should not have been silent.
You should have said what was in your mind, even if I ordered you from my presence.
Neither Abi nor any of his sons proposed for my hand when the others did, therefore _I_ suspected nothing----" "After the fashion of women who have already given their hearts, Queen, and forget that they have other things to give--a kingdom, for instance. The snake does not roar like the lion, yet it is more to be feared." "Once I am out of this place it is the snake that shall have cause to fear, Asti, for I will break its back and throw it writhing to the kites.
Nurse, we must leave Memphis." "That is not easy, Queen, since some ceremony is planned for each of the next eight days.
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