return to your residence."

"One thing more," cried the king, detaining Eulaeus. "There are always
troops by the Tombs of Apis placed there to guard the sacred places; may
not they prove a hindrance to your friends?"

"I have withdrawn all the soldiers and armed guards to Memphis down to
the last man," replied Eulaeus, "and quartered them within the White
Wall. Early tomorrow, before you proceed to business, they will
be replaced by a stronger division, so that they may not prove a
reinforcement to your brother's troops here if things come to fighting."

"I shall know how to reward your foresight," said Euergetes as Eulaeus
quitted the room.

Again Klea heard a door open, and the sound of many hoofs on the
pavement of the court-yard, and when she went, all trembling, up to the
window, she saw Euergetes himself, and the powerfully knit horse that
was led in for him. The tyrant twisted his hand in the mane of the
restless and pawing steed, and Klea thought that the monstrous mass
could never mount on to the horse's back without the aid of many men;
but she was mistaken, for with a mighty spring the giant flung himself
high in the air and on to the horse, and then, guiding his panting steed
by the pressure of his knees alone, he bounded out of the prison-yard
surrounded by his splendid train.

For some minutes the court-yard remained empty, then a man hurriedly
crossed it, unlocked the door of the room where Klea was, and informed
her that he was a subaltern under Glaucus, and had brought her a message
from him.

"My lord," said the veteran soldier to the girl, "bid me greet you, and
says that he found neither the Roman Publius Scipio, nor his friend the
Corinthian at home. He is prevented from coming to you himself; he has
his hands full of business, for soldiers in the service of both the
kings are quartered within the White Wall, and all sorts of squabbles
break out between them. Still, you cannot remain in this room, for it
will shortly be occupied by a party of young officers who began the
fray. Glaucus proposes for your choice that you should either allow
me to conduct you to his wife or return to the temple to which you are
attached. In the latter case a chariot shall convey you as far as the
second tavern in Khakem on the borders of the desert-for the city is
full of drunken soldiery. There you may probably find an escort if you
explain to the host who you are. But the chariot must be back again in
less than