rley in a closed chamber, sealed up, until we return northward,
dancing." And they placed the barley in a close chamber.

And Rud-didet purified herself, with a purification of fourteen days. And
she said to her handmaid, "Is the house made ready?" And she replied, "All
things are made ready, but the brewing barley is not yet brought." And
Rud-didet said, "Wherefore is the brewing barley not yet brought?" And the
servant answered, "It would all of it long since be ready if the barley
had not been given to the dancing-girls, and lay in the chamber under
their seal." Rud-didet said, "Go down, and bring of it, and Ra-user shall
give them in its stead when he shall come." And the handmaid went, and
opened the chamber. And she heard talking and singing, music and dancing,
quavering, and all things which are performed for a king in his chamber.
And she returned and told to Rud-didet all that she had heard. And she
went through the chamber, but she found not the place where the sound was.
And she laid her temple to the sack, and found that the sounds were in it.
She placed it in a chest, and put that in another locker, and tied it fast
with leather, and laid it in the storeroom, where the things were, and
sealed it. And Ra-user came returning from the field; and Rud-didet
repeated unto him these things; and his heart was glad above all things;
and they sat down and made a joyful day.

And after these days it came to pass that Rud-didet was wroth with her
servant, and beat her with stripes. And the servant said unto those that
were in the house: "Shall it be done thus unto me? She has borne three
kings, and I will go and tell this to his Majesty King Khufu the blessed."
And she went, and found the eldest brother of her mother, who was binding
his flax on the floor. And he said to her, "Whither goest thou, my little
maid?" And she told him of all these things. And her brother said to her:
"Wherefore comest thou thus to me? Shall I agree to treachery?" And he
took a bunch of the flax to her, and laid on her a violent blow. And the
servant went to fetch a handful of water, and a crocodile carried her
away.

Her uncle went therefore to tell of this to Rud-didet; and he found
Rud-didet sitting, her head on her knees, and her heart beyond measure
sad. And he said to her, "My lady, why makest thou thy heart thus?" And
she answered, "It is because of this little wretch that was in the house;
behold she went out saying, 'I will go and