Muttering beneath his breath, "Oh! Seti, my son, my most beloved son!" he stretched out his arms as though to call him back or perhaps to clasp him.

As he did so I saw his face change.

Next instant he fell forward to the ground and lay there still.

All the company stood struck with horror, only the royal physician ran to him, while Roi and others who were priests began to mutter prayers.
"Has the good god been gathered to Osiris ?" asked Amenmeses presently in a hoarse voice, "because if it be so, I am Pharaoh." "Nay, Amenmeses," exclaimed Userti, "the decrees have not yet been sealed or promulgated.

They have neither strength nor weight." Before he could answer the physician cried: "Peace! Pharaoh still lives, his heart beats.