For a little while he may sleep in peace.

But let him wait until troubles of this sort or of that arise in Egypt and, understanding that the gods send them on account of the great wickedness that my father wrought when death had him by the throat and his mind was clouded, the people begin to turn their eyes towards their lawful king.
Then the usurper will grow jealous, and if he has his way, the Prince will sleep in peace--for ever.

If his throat remains uncut, it will be for one reason only, that I hold back the murderer's hand.

Farewell, I can talk no more, for I say to you that my brain is afire--and to-morrow he should have been crowned, and I with him," and she swept away, royal as ever, leaving me wondering what she meant when she spoke of troubles arising in Egypt, or if the words were but uttered at hazard.
Afterwards Bakenkhonsu and I supped together at the college of the temple of Ptah, of which because of his age he was called the father, when I heard more of this matter.
"Ana," he said, "I tell you that such gloom hangs over Egypt as I have never known even when it was thought that the Ninebow Barbarians would conquer and enslave the land.

Amenmeses will be the fifth Pharaoh whom I have seen crowned, the first of them when I was but a little child hanging to my mother's robe, and not once have I known such joylessness." "That may be because the crown passes to one who should not wear it, Bakenkhonsu." He shook his head.