He hath
promised to lead us forth, and the Divine respects a promise. So a God
against a Pharaoh. Doth it not appear to thee, Egyptian, that there
approaches a marvelous time?"
"Give me but faith in the hypothesis and I shall say, of a surety," he
replied.
"Thou hast said. Shall we not go on, my master?"
"I am Kenkenes, the son of Mentu," he told her.
She bent her head in acknowledgment of the introduction and moved
forward as if to climb up by the projecting edges of the strata. But
he put a powerful arm about her and lifted her into the valley. With a
light bound he was beside her. Ahead of them was profound darkness,
hedged by black and close-drawn walls and canopied by distant and
unillumining stars. She resumed her place behind him though he was
moved to protest, but her deliberate manner seemed to demand its way.
So they continued slowly.
"Thou givest me interest in the God of Israel," he said, to reopen the
subject. "The Egyptian dwells in his gods, but thou sayest that the
God of Israel dwells in Israel."
"Even so. But thou speakest of Israel's God, even after the fashion of
my people. They are jealous, saying that the true God hath but one
love and that is Israel.
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