Pentaur had yielded in silence to the signet of his chief, and returned to the confessional in which he had met Bent-Anat.  He felt his soul shaken to its very foundations, his thoughts were confused, his feelings struggling with each other; he shivered, and when he heard the laughter of the priests and the gatekeeper, who were triumphing in their easy victory, he started and shuddered like a man who in passing a mirror should see a brand of disgrace on his brow.

But by degrees he recovered himself, his spirit grew clearer, and when he left the little room to look towards the east—­where, on the farther shore, rose the palace where Bent-Anat must be—­a deep contempt for his enemies filled his soul, and a proud feeling of renewed manly energy.  He did not conceal from himself that he had enemies; that a time of struggle was beginning for him; but he looked forward to it like a young hero to the morning of his first battle.

ETEXT EDITOR’S BOOKMARKS: 

Bearers of ill ride faster than the messengers of weal
Do not spoil the future for the sake of the present
Exhibit one’s happiness in the streets, and conceal one’s misery
Impartial looker-on sees clearer than the player
Learn to obey, that later you may know how to command
Man has nothing harder to endure than uncertainty
Many creditors are so many allies
One should give nothing up for lost excepting the dead
Our thinkers are no heroes, and our heroes are no sages
Overbusy friends are more damaging than intelligent enemies
Prepare sorrow when we come into the world
The experienced love to signify their superiority
We quarrel with no one more readily than with the benefactor

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