Akhnaton raised his eyes to the star and smiled. All at once he seemed to have understood what he was to do.
With joy, as though his words were enough to conquer death—the mocking laughter—he whispered:
"To go away! To go away!"
PART IV
THE SHADOW OF THE ONE TO COME
I
Saakera came up to Dio, his face so distorted that she hardly knew him.
"The king is waiting for you, go to him," he said, and was about to go when she stopped him.
"What has happened, prince?"