[Moon of Israel by H. Rider Haggard]@TWC D-Link bookMoon of Israel CHAPTER XVIII 2/28
In the gloom after the great cliff of water fell and the shapes of terror swept by, did you seem to see a woman stand before us and did you seem to hear her speak ?" "I did, O Prince." "Who was that woman and what did she say ?" "She was one who bore a child to you, O Prince, which child is not, and she said, 'Oh! help me, my lord Seti.
Help me, my lord Seti!'" His face grew ashen even beneath its veil of dust, and he groaned. "Two who loved her have seen and two who loved her have heard," he said. "There is no room for doubt.
Ana, she is dead!" "I pray the gods----" "Pray not, for the gods of Egypt are also dead, slain by the god of Israel.
Ana, who has murdered her ?" With my finger I who am a draughtsman drew in the thick dust that lay on the board of the chariot the brows of a man and beneath them two deep eyes.
The gilt on the board where the sun caught it looked like light in the eyes. The Prince nodded and said: "Now we shall learn whether great magicians such as Ki can die like other men.
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