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disgraceful conduct of Mena he thought of us and of our anxieties. His
dice for the shares they had obtained--he staked his to win more for us.
us, and only of us, he staked the mummy.html">mummy of his dead father.
[It was a king.html">king of the fourth dynasty, named Asychis by Herodotus,
ancestors. "He who stakes this pledge and fails to redeem the debt.html">debt
other, and sepulture shall be denied to his descendants." Herod.
third month, he will fall into infamy, the mummy will belong to the
gambler and hypocrite!" When his mistress had grown calmer, he said:
"It is horrible, yet all is not lost. How much is the debt?"
It sounded like a heavy curse, when Katuti replied, "Thirty Babylonian
against such a mad stake?"
"The Lady Hathor's son, Antef," answered Katuti, "who has already gambled
"And Mena?"
"How could my son turn to him after what had happened? The poor child
spoil the future for the sake of the present. If thy son loses his honor
Regent now renders you all an important service, he will regard you as
He lets himself be led by thee now because thou.html">thou hast no need of his help,
as thou hast appealed to him, and he has assisted thee, all thy
to raise so large a sum of money.html">money at once, the angrier he will be to think
him to enormous expenses. He has won the people of Thebes with dazzling
keepers spent not only the money which they had received for his
the king. In the time of Diodurus 100 talents were spent for the
of the troops sent into Ethiopia, which were equipped by him; what his
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