Wraiths of Time
“Where she was became more the question she wanted answered. “Empire of Amun” meant nothing. Yet Jayta obviously reacted quickly to the mention of Meroë. Now she tried to frame her counter question with care.
“I do not know the Empire of Amun.” She made her admission first. “To my knowledge very long ago—perhaps two thousand years—there was a kingdom of Meroë whose people held even Egypt for a short space. But that was swept away long ago, leaving only ruins and a few names of kings and queens o...f whom we know little else than those names, today. So—I ask you—of your charity, Daughter-of-Apedemek, where am I now?”
Now it was Jayta’s turn to wait for a moment which stretched even longer for Tallahassee. She thought out her reply slowly at last: “I do not know how much knowledge you may have of what can be done by the ancient powers. It is only within my own lifetime that certain of us who are trained to the Far Sight and the Command of the Upper Way have come to be sure of what I tell you now.MoreLess
“I do not know the Empire of Amun.” She made her admission first. “To my knowledge very long ago—perhaps two thousand years—there was a kingdom of Meroë whose people held even Egypt for a short space. But that was swept away long ago, leaving only ruins and a few names of kings and queens o...f whom we know little else than those names, today. So—I ask you—of your charity, Daughter-of-Apedemek, where am I now?”
Now it was Jayta’s turn to wait for a moment which stretched even longer for Tallahassee. She thought out her reply slowly at last: “I do not know how much knowledge you may have of what can be done by the ancient powers. It is only within my own lifetime that certain of us who are trained to the Far Sight and the Command of the Upper Way have come to be sure of what I tell you now.MoreLess
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