An Egyptian princess. Homo sum Volume 1
Georg Ebers
Paperback
(RareBooksClub.com, May 11, 2012)
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1880 Excerpt: ... with a pleasant smile, and said: "I shall find mercy with the judges of the dead now, shall not I?" "I hope and believe so." See vol. 1. note 251. "Perhaps I may find Tachot before the throne of Osiris, and my father..." "Your father and mother are waiting for you there. Now in your last hour bless those who begot you, and curse those who have robbed you of your parents, your crown and jour life." "I do not understand you." "Curse those who robbed you of your parents, crown and life, girl!" cried the physician again, rising to his full height, breathing hard as he said the words, and gazing down on the dying girl. "Curse those wretches, girl! that curse will do more in gaining mercy from the judges of the dead, than thousands of good works!" And as he said this he seized her hand and pressed it violently. Nitetis looked up uneasily into his indignant face, and stammered in blind obedience, "I curse." "Those who robbed my parents of their throne and lives!" "Those who robbed my parents of their throne and their lives," she repeated after him, and then crying, " Oh, my heart!" sank back exhausted on the bed. Nebenchari bent down, and before the royal physicians could return, kissed her forehead gently, murmuring: "She dies my confederate. The gods hearken to the prayers of those who die innocent. By carrying the sword into Egypt, I shall avenge king Hophra's wrongs as well as my own." When Nitetis opened her eyes once more, a few hours later, Kassandane was holding her right hand, Atossa kneeling at her feet, and Croesus standing at the head of her bed, trying, with the failing strength of old age, to support the gigantic frame of the king,...