But had an early Pharaoh of the house of Tothmes enforced the
absorption of the Hebrew by his same rank among the Egyptian, we should
not have the menace of a hostile alien within our borders to-day. The
heavy hand of oppression has made a wondrous race of them for strength.
Theirs is no mean intellect; great men have come from among them, and
they will be a hardy foe arrayed against us."
"They are not warriors; they are poor and unequipped for hostilities;
they are thoroughly under subjection," the young man pursued. "What
can they do against us?"
"Do!" Mentu exclaimed with impatience in the repetition. "They have
only to say to the banished Hyksos: 'Come ye, let us do battle with
Egypt. We will be your mercenaries.' They have only to send greeting
to that lean traitor Amon-meses, thus: 'Give us the Delta to be ours
and we will help you win all Egypt,' and there will be enough done."
"They must have a pact among themselves and a leader, first," Kenkenes
objected.
"Have I not said they are organized? And their leader is found. He is
a foster-brother to Meneptah; an initiated priest of Isis; a sorcerer
and an infidel of the blackest order. He is Prince Mesu, a Hebrew by
birth.
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