[Moon of Israel by H. Rider Haggard]@TWC D-Link bookMoon of Israel CHAPTER IX 17/25
She says, moreover, that she will call upon her god to work a sign and a wonder upon thee.
Lastly, she says that if thou dost not harm her and if her god works no sign upon thee, then she is ready to be handed over to thy priests and die the death of a blasphemer.
Thy honour is set against her life, O great God of Egypt, and we, thy worshippers, watch to see the balance turn." "Well and justly put," muttered Bakenkhonsu to me.
"Now if Amon fails us, what will you think of Amon, Ana ?" "I shall learn the high-priest's mind and think what the high-priest thinks," I answered darkly, though in my heart I was terribly afraid for Merapi, and, to speak truth, for myself also, because of the doubts which arose in me and would not be quenched. Seti withdrew, taking his stand by Userti, and Ki stood forward and said: "O Amon, I thy Sacrificer, I thy Magician, to whom thou givest power, I the priest and servant of Isis, Mother of Mysteries, Queen of the company of the gods, call upon thee.
She who stands before thee is but a Hebrew woman.
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