Oh! it was noble." "But about the scarabaeus----" he broke in, with a wave of his hand.
"Surely it is the same with which the bandage was made fast upon your hurt--oh! years ago ?" "Yes, it is the same," she answered, looking down.
"I thought it.

And when I gave it to you, I said some words that seemed to me well spoken at the time.

What were they?
I cannot remember.

Have you also forgotten ?" "Yes--I mean--no.

You said that now I had all Egypt beneath my foot, speaking of the royal cartouche upon the scarab." "Ah! I recall.