But the soil will not relinquish it readily, for it hath
struck deep. There shall be a gaping wound in Mizraim where it stood
and all the land shall be rent with the violence of the parting."
The prophetess paused, or rather her voice died away as if she actually
beheld the scene she foretold, and no more words were needed to make it
plain. Rachel's hands were clasped before her breast. "Sayest thou
these things in prophecy?" she asked finally in an eager half-whisper.
Deborah's eyes seemed to awaken. She looked at Rachel a moment and
answered with a nod. The girl's vision wandered slowly again toward
the camp, and the sorrowful unrest of Israel subdued the inspired
elation that had begun to possess her. Her face clouded once more.
Deborah touched her.
"Trouble not thyself concerning these people. They go forth to labor,
but their burdens shall be lightened ere long. As for thee and me--"
she paused and looked up toward the eminence on which the military
headquarters were built.
"As for thee and me--" Rachel urged her. Deborah motioned in the
direction she gazed. "Come, let us make ready," she said; "they are
beginning."
The Egyptian masters over Israel of Pa-Ramesu were emerging from the
quarters.
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