Well, nor will I, who in my age love to watch such human sport and, being so near to them, fear to thwart the schemes of gods.

Let this scroll unroll itself as it will, and when it is open, read it, Ana, and remember what I said to you this day.

It will be a pretty tale, written at the end with blood for ink.

Oho! O-ho-ho!" and, laughing, he hobbled from the room, leaving me frightened.
Moreover the Prince visited me every day, and even before I left my bed began to dictate to me his report to Pharaoh, since he would employ no other scribe.

The substance of it was what he had foreshadowed, namely that the people of Israel, having suffered much for generations at the hands of the Egyptians, should now be allowed to depart as their prophets demanded, and go whither they would unharmed.