You can command all things, what boon then do you seek from me ?" "To lodge here a little while, Prince, in the company of Ana and Bakenkhonsu.

Hearken, I am no more Kherheb.

I have quarrelled with Pharaoh, perhaps because a little breath from that great wind of the future blows through my soul; perhaps because he does not reward me according to my merits--what does it matter which?
At least I have come to be of one mind with you, O Prince, and think that Pharaoh would do well to let the Hebrews go, and therefore no longer will I attempt to match my magic against theirs.

But he refuses, so we have parted." "Why does he refuse, Ki ?" "Perhaps it is written that he must refuse.

Or perhaps because, thinking himself the greatest of all kings instead of but a plaything of the gods, pride locks the doors of his heart that in a day to come the tempest of the Future, whereof I have spoken, may wreck the house which holds it.