I found it.
"But by some unknowable mischance mine enemy discovered my whereabouts
and a third minion, who escaped my wrath before the statue that
morning, appeared in the city and caused me to be delivered up to the
authorities on the charges already named.
"She is hidden, and I have provided for her protection, as well as I
may, against the wishes of the strongest man in the land. For her
immediate welfare I am not greatly troubled. But, alas! I would be
with her--thou knowest, O my Hotep, the hunger and heartache of such
separation.
"If the Pharaoh honor not the signet herein inclosed, tell my father of
my plight, let me know the decision of the king, and then I shall trust
to the Hathors for liberty.
"Of this contingency, I would not speak at length. It may be tempting
the caprice of the Seven Sisters to presuppose such misfortune.
"Let not my father intervene for me. He shall not endanger himself
further than I have already asked of him.
"But remember thou this injunction, most surely. That it shall be last
and therefore freshest in thy memory, I put this at the end of the
letter.
"Put the petition herein inclosed into the Pharaoh's hands! For my
life's sake let it not come into the possession of any other.
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