"Come and repose in the garden. The servants which belong to thee will bring various vessels and beer of all kinds. Come, let us celebrate this night and the dawn which will follow it. In my shadow, in the shadow of the fig, giving sweet fruit, thy lover will rest at thy right hand; and Thou wilt give him to drink and consent to all his wishes."
Next came the flutes and harps, and after them a new song,
"I am of a silent disposition, I never tell what I see, I spoil not the sweetness of my fruits with vain tattling." [Authentic.]
CHAPTER X
THE song ceased, drowned by an uproar and by a noise as of many people running.
"Unbelievers! Enemies of Egypt!" cried some one. "Ye are singing when we are sunk in suffering, and ye are praising the Jewess who stops the flow of the Nile with her witchcraft."
"Woe to you!" cried another. "Ye are trampling the land of Prince
Ramses. Death will fall on you and your children."
"We will go, but let the Jewess come out so that we may tell our wrongs to her."
"Let us flee!" screamed Tafet.
"Whither?" inquired Gideon.