The Officer. No one knows.
The Pharaoh. Scoundrel! You are his accomplice!
The Officer. O Ammon!
The Pharaoh. Did you go to the house of his father, to Rheou?
The Officer. We searched them in vain.
The Pharaoh. He has taken flight, then?
The Officer. I know not.
The Pharaoh. You are a traitor! You shall die! Take him out! And you others, hear the commands of the High Priest and begone.
High Priest. Let each fulfil the mission he is charged with. Let the young priests mix with the crowd, the moment it enters the Temple. Let them excite the people's fervor, that as many prodigies as possible may be won from the goddess. Now when you are gone the stones that screen the sanctuary will roll away before the Pharaoh and the High Priest; and, first by right, they shall behold the goddess face to face. Humbly prostrated we shall speak to her the mysterious words that other men have never heard. Bow down before the Pharaoh, may he live in health and strength [All kneel and remain with their faces on the ground during what follows, save an old man whom the High Priest calls to his side by a sign; and to whom he says in low tones] Let the man Satni be taken from the crypt where he is imprisoned [The old man bows] When I give the signal let them bring him here. While the Pharaoh goes in procession through the town let them do what I have told you [The old man bows] [To the others] Rise! [To the Pharaoh] Son of Ammon-Ra, bow down before him who represents the god. [The Pharaoh rises and after a slight hesitation bows down before the High Priest] Withdraw, we would pray. [Motionless the High Priest and the Pharaoh wait till the last of the assistants are gone].
The Pharaoh [giving up his hieratic pose, angrily] I would all the flies of Egypt might eat thy tongue.