Egyptian - 05 - Desert God by Wilbur Smith

Author:Wilbur Smith
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Historical Fiction
ISBN: 9780062276575
Published: 2015-07-27T23:00:00+00:00

‘Firstly get all these women out of here, and then we can talk about it calmly and sensibly.’ I used my staff and my most persuasive language to drive the cackling women from the tent. Then I returned to sit beside Tehuti on the cot and take her hand.

‘Now, tell me where and when you last saw it,’ I invited her. She pondered my question and as I watched her face I realized that despite all the sobbing and lamentation and threats of suicide her lovely eyes were devoid of tears. In fact now that we were alone she appeared to be quite relaxed, even quite enjoying herself. My suspicions were immediately aroused.

‘Ah, yes! I have it!’ Her face lit up with theatrical relief. ‘I remember now. I know where I must have lost it. Just before we left Miyah Keiv yesterday afternoon Loxias, Bekatha and I went for a last swim in the water cavern. I remember that I took the ring off my finger before I entered the water, and I placed it in the same crack in the rock that I always do, so that I would not lose it. I must have left it there.’

‘Are you certain? You could not have dropped it elsewhere?’ I asked seriously, going along with her fibs and fantasies.

‘Yes, I am certain. And no, I could not have dropped it elsewhere,’ she assured me just as earnestly.

‘Well, that makes it very easy.’ I smiled at her. ‘Your worries are over, Tehuti. I shall send Colonel Hui back to Miyah Keiv to find it for you. On his fastest horse he should get there and back before tomorrow morning.’

‘But …’ She was taken aback. She wrung her hands with distress. ‘No … I don’t want you to send Hui.’

‘Why not?’ I asked innocently. ‘Hui is a good man.’

‘I think …’ She paused as she tried to find a convincing reason. I gave her time to come up with her next invention.

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