"May the One, the All-Powerful, bless thee, Rameses,--He who has no name in human speech, or statue in a temple." Both young men bent forward in astonishment. "Who art thou?" called out the prince. "I am the injured people of Egypt," replied the voice, slowly and with calmness. Then all was silent. No motion, no rustle of branches betrayed human presence in that place. At command of Rameses servants rushed out with torches, the dogs were unchained, and every bush around the house was searched. But they found no one. "Who could that have been, Tutmosis?" asked the prince, with emotion. "Perhaps it was the ghost of that slave who hanged himself?" "I have never heard ghosts talking, though I have been on guard at temples and tombs more than once. I should think, rather, that he who has just called to us is some friend of thine." "Why should he hide?" "But what harm is that to thee? Each one of us has tens, if not hundreds, of invisible enemies. Thank the gods, then, that thou hast even one invisible friend." "I shall not sleep to-night," whispered the excited prince. "Be calm. Instead of running along the terrace listen to me and lie down. Thou wilt see Sleep--that is a deliberate divinity, and it does not befit him to chase after those who run with the pace of a deer. If thou wilt lie down on a comfortable couch, Sleep, who loves comfort, will sit near thee and cover thee with his great mantle, which covers not only men's eyes, but their memories." Thus speaking, Tutmosis placed Rameses on a couch; then he brought an ivory pillow shaped like a crescent, and arranging the prince, placed his head on this pillow. Then he let down the canvas walls of the tent, laid himself on the floor, and both were asleep in some minutes. CHAPTER VI The entrance to the pharaoh's palace at Memphis was through a gate placed between two lofty towers or pylons. The external walls of these buildings were of gray sandstone covered from foundation to summit with bas-reliefs. At the top of the gate rose the arms of the state, or its symbol: a winged globe, from behind which appeared two serpents. Lower down sat a series of gods to which the pharaohs were bringing offerings. On side pillars images of the gods were cut out also in five rows, one above the other, while below were hieroglyphic inscriptions. On the walls of each pylon the chief place was occupied by a flat sculpture of Rameses the Great, who held in one hand an uplifted axe and grasped in the other, by the hair of the head, a crowd of people tied in a bundle, like parsley. Above the king stood or sat two rows of gods; still higher, a line of people with offerings; at the very summit of the pylons were winged serpents intertwined with scarabs.