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 Pharaoh, and I would fain pay my respects to Queen Maat-kha."

And having bowed to her, Hugh took my arm and quickly led me away from the terrace.

I wish I had been a more subtle reader of feminine character, for then, perhaps, I could have interpreted the look with which Princess Neit-akrit followed Hugh's retreating figure.