ve to arrest thee some time in the temple of Ptah.
Well, hast Thou been thinking to leave me? Dost prefer Menes?"

"Forgive, holiness," answered the priest, "but court life has so
wearied me that my only desire is to learn wisdom."

"Thou canst not forget Ramses?" inquired Herhor. "And yet Thou knewest
him only a very short time, while Thou hast labored with me during
years."

"Blame me not, holiness, but Ramses XIII was the first pharaoh to
commiserate the Egyptian people."

Herhor smiled.

"O ye learned men," said he, shaking his head. "But it was Thou who
didst turn the attention of Ramses to the people, and now Thou bearest
mourning for him in thy heart, though he did nothing whatever for the
people. It was Thou who commiserated, not he. Ye are strange men, in
spite of your powerful minds," continued Herhor. "It is the same thing
with Menes. That priest considers that he is the most peaceful man in
Egypt, though it was he who overturned the dynasty and smoothed the
road to power for me. Were it not for his letter about the eclipse of
the sun on the 20th of Paofi, perhaps I and the late Mefres would be
splitting stones now in the quarries.

"Well, go; go and greet Menes for me. Remember also that I know how to
be thankful, which is the great secret of ruling. Tell Menes that I
shall carry out every wish of his, unless he asks me, for example, to
abdicate. Return to me when Thou hast rested, I will keep an important
place for thee."

And he touched Pentuer's head, which was inclined submissively.

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