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Rh  barred, we were forced to fly south, and down Pharaoh's Great Ditch, till at length, after many wanderings and adventures, we came to this land, as it was fated that I should do. You will remember, Daughter, that I told you I believed that we were parting for a long while, although I believed also that we should meet again in the flesh.

I remember well, I answered, also that I swore to come to you at the appointed hour.

I came to this land, went on Noot, but Kallikrates, the Greek captain who was a priest of Isis, never reached it. He was lost on the way.

With another, my Father. But now I have heard that story from Philo.

With another who caused him to break his vows. Be sure, Daughter, that I knew nothing of her plot or that she was hidden aboard the ship, though perchance Philo knew. The goddess hid it from me, doubtless for her own purposes.

Are this pair dead, or do they still live, my Father?

I cannot say; that also is hidden from me. Better for them if they are dead, since soon or late for such sacrilege vengeance will fall upon the head of one, if not of both of them. Peace be to them. May they be forgiven! At least as I think they loved each other much and, since love is very strong, all who have ever loved where they ought not should have pity on them, and again his questioning eyes played upon my face.