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ged his senses? Had a strange mystic power spread over him? H
y. The gong-strokes rolled through the temple and far away into the starry night. Ha
e dreamers arose, drunk with sleep and dreaming. In the reflections of the lamps and torches their faces were ghostly, spiritual
Nile's mouths through the Delta-the learned hierogrammats, the keepers of the sacred writings, sat each on his throne. In their hands they held unrolled the sacred scr
tion of their dreams. But those who had dreamed were so many that t
rraces. Orgy awaited them in the tav
followers. He stood stiff, motionless, vei
"my dear child and master,
ied Lucius,
too heavily. My stomach was overloaded. And I am now shivering with this chill
ad appr
aching them. You must have your dream expounded by a most holy prophet, by Amphris, the centenarian.... Come with me, let me lead you to him...." He took Lucius by the hand. "It costs half a talent, no less," said Caleb. "Thirty min?, my
upper terraces. Two sphinxes beside the narrow door lay like
ly Amphris?"
" said one o
nt right away?"
," repeated
e long purse at his girdle and sl
he said, pointin
imself was as beautiful as a young god. A strange light, as of soft moons, shone from blue globes.
pass over y
holy f
ake you see, i
n whom I
long, thin, transparent h
ove you," he said,
ather?... I saw the pira
she was not k
u know, ho
he was not sol
she then,
is make you see
us s
... I saw her and ... t
ny were
an
and y
one another like bro
they were
t m
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were the
were .
t m
ith sorrow and love. Love is strong, but wisdom is stronger. Gather wisdom, my
omfort if I do
all the pieces of his body except that piece which fr
omfort, ho
d you are young. Serve
the pirates resem
they we
pir
pir
s Ilia,
ave not dreamed. You dreamed of many pirates, who resembled
was
njure up his im
onger s
And let love and
etaira. She glittered like an idol in her ceremonial gar
e has paid a talent! Has Amphris interpreted your dream? The door-keeper,
ne pirate!" mu
ed his fists,
g the terraces. The barges glide
-houses and taverns, the vessels
wines and the intoxicating liqueurs of Napata. Here the nake
Lucius. "Back
bbed, his head wrapped in his golden dreaming-veil. There was no musi
long, rosy line, above the sea ... while
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