"Now is a propitious hour for a good counselor," Kenkenes pursued.
"What knowest thou?" Mentu asked with interest.
"Tape," the young man replied briefly.
"Nay, the sedition in Tape is old and vitiated."
"And the Hak-heb."
"That breach may be healed. But we have sedition to fear among the bond-people—"
"The bond-people!"
"Even so. Open and organized sedition."
"The Israelites?" Kenkenes exclaimed with an incredulous note in his voice.
"The Israelites."