"He will be pleased to receive the war minister, Herhor."
"Well, and later?"
"Later his holiness will look at the ballet in the great hall, then he will bathe and recite evening prayers."
"Has he not commanded to receive me?" inquired Ramses.
"Tomorrow morning after the military council."
"What are the queens doing?"
"The first queen is praying in the chamber of her dead son, and thy worthy mother is receiving the Phoenician ambassador, who has brought her gifts from the women of Tyre."
"Did he bring maidens?"
"A number of them. Each has on her person treasures to the value of ten talents."
"Who is moving about down there with torches?" asked the prince, pointing to the lower park.