of a general to be brought up as a soldier, a trade that he liked well
enough, so that from this time forward he and Neter-Tua met but seldom.
Still there was a bond between them which could not be broken by
absence, for already they loved each other, and every night and morning
when Tua made her petitions to Amen, after praying for Pharaoh her
father, and for the spirit of her royal mother, Ahura, she prayed for
Rames, and that they might meet soon. For the months when her eyes did
not fall upon his face were wearisome to Tua.



CHAPTER IV

THE SUMMONING OF AMEN

The years went by and the Princess Neter-Tua, who was called Morning
Star of Amen, came at length to womanhood, and went through the
ceremonies of Purification. In all Egypt there was no maiden so wise and
spirited or so lovely. Tall and slender was her shape, blue as the sea
were her eyes, rosy like the dawn were her cheeks, and when she did not
wear it in a net of gold, her black and curling hair fell almost to her
waist. Also she was very learned, for priests and priestesses taught her
all things that she ought to know, together with the arts of playing
on the harp and of singing and dancing, while her own excellent Spirit,
that Ka which Amen had given her, instructed her in a deeper wisdom
which she gathered unconsciously in sleep and waking dreams, as the
slumbering earth gathers dew at night.

Moreover, her father, the wise old Pharaoh, opened to her the craft of
statesmanship, by help of which she might govern men and overthrow her