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immortal gods," said Thoth, "are but the vague memories of great men, distorted in passing from generation to generation."

Daphne shuddered. "Dost thou not fear to speak thus?"

"I fear not," he said, "to speak the truth. But listen and judge for thyself if the first Thoth, who was born more than two thousand years ago, is not greater and more to be feared than any god recorded in Grecian fables. Thou seest yonder the roof of a large building into which thou hast not yet entered. In that structure sleeps the first Thoth, surrounded by