Lamekis by Charles de Fieux & Chevalier de Mouhy

Author:Charles de Fieux & Chevalier de Mouhy
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Black Coat Press
Published: 2012-03-04T00:00:00+00:00

The story of Nasilaë continued

If your noble father showed his keen foresight by this wise order (the Karveder continued) the Magna Fakhaldak showed how wily and clever she was by escaping the righteous wrath of her ruler. She slipped into the pedestal on which she had placed the idol and hid herself from her deserved punishment. The Lindiagar was informed that she could not be found and had the inner temple searched meticulously, but he was not surprised that the Priestess had escaped. Still, he did not want to get down from the High Throne until she was found—enemies of her ilk cannot be dealt with softly. A wise politician, thinking about his own safety as well as the state’s under these circumstances, has to fight to the death with such enemies.

During the search for the Magna Fakhaldak, who stayed in hiding, the so-called Princess, who was favored by the Magna Fakhaldak, was brought to the Lindiagar by the priestesses. The incontestable right that gave the authority to the High Throne, which put it above all the laws, allowed the Ruler to satisfy his pressing desire to see the Princess. For this he ordered the veil to be lifted. The priestesses, confiding in their superior, tried to resist. They cried out that the order spelled their condemnation, but it was no good. The Karveder made them obey and the Princess’ face was unveiled.

“Good God!” the Lindiagar yelled and struck the Tok-ho-dor221 three times. “Can it be that such black lies are dared in Fulghane’s Sanctuary? Isn’t this the Princess that the fire consumed? And she was supposed to take the place of the other? Oh, my Bil-bou-gan-gan,222 see and judge for yourselves!”

The people had heard everything and, being allowed to look, they discovered the lie. They shouted out in anger to sentence and submit the High Priestess to the Fa-ris-bouk.223 The King approved the judgment, calmed the crowd down and ordered that the girl who caused the condemnation of the High Priestess tell everything she knew about the plot or else suffer the same punishment. The young girl was scared by the threat, threw herself at the feet of Fulghane, turned her back to the King and after these signs of respect confessed that she was the daughter of the Magna Fakhaldak. Her mother’s constant hatred of Princess Cleannes, whom she could never bring herself to see as Ruler, cooked up the plan to have her take her place and be protected if her dealings with the males were ever found out, as she might fear because of the hostility against her in the temple and the suspicions she had that her secret would be discovered.

The confession was so appalling to your noble father that he tore out half his beard in despair. The people saw this and out of duty and respect wanted to show the same proofs of their indignation—they wasted no time in imitating him. In less than a minute all the beards were torn off. The

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