"Let us enter," Aaron said, with an inclination of his head toward
Seti. He stooped and preceded the young man into the home of the
Hebrew.
The prince saw the black dispose himself on the grass outside, with his
eyes upon the sumpter-mule.
Aaron sat upon one of the rugs, and Seti, following his example, took
another.
"Say on," the prince urged.
The Hebrew began at once.
"What I tell thee, O my son, will soon be talked abroad over the land.
But if thou hast a doubt in thy heart, and art like to question my
truth-speaking, there are witnesses I may summon, such as no wise man
will deny. And these be Jambres, and the twelve priests of the cities
of the north, and the innkeeper at Pithom, also the governor over the
treasure-city, his soldiers, and others, who know the secret by now.
"I will give thee the tale now, and the proof thereafter, if thou
believest me not.
"Last night, I lay under the tent of a son of Israel, at Pithom. When
I arose, two hours before dawn, horsemen began to gallop through the
city toward the south. The inhabitants were aroused; there was much
running to and fro, and the inn was full of lights.
"We approached, and when the tumult had died and the Egyptians were so
full of the tidings that they were glad to relieve themselves even to
an Israelite, I asked and learned this story.
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