Погребённый с фараонами

Chapter 2

           AndbehinditallIsawtheineffablemalignityofprimordialnecromancy,blackandamorphous, andfumblinggreedilyaftermeinthedarknesstochokeoutthespiritthathaddaredtomockitbyemulation. 

           Inmysleepingbraintheretookshapeamelodramaofsinisterhatredandpursuit, andIsawtheblacksoulofEgyptsinglingmeoutandcallingmeininaudiblewhispers; callingandluringme,leadingmeonwiththeglitterandglamorofaSaracenicsurface,buteverpullingmedowntotheage-madcatacombsandhorrorsofitsdeadandabysmalpharaonicheart. 

           Thenthedreamfacestookonhumanresemblances,andIsawmyguideAbdulReisintherobesofaking,withthesneeroftheSphinxonhisfeatures. AndIknewthatthosefeatureswerethefeaturesofKhephrentheGreat,whoraisedtheSecondPyramid, carvedovertheSphinx’sfaceinthelikenessofhisownandbuiltthattitanicgatewaytemplewhosemyriadcorridorsthearchaeologiststhinktheyhavedugoutofthecrypticalsandandtheuninformativerock. AndIlookedatthelong,leanrigidhandofKhephren;thelong,lean,rigidhandasIhadseenitonthedioritestatueintheCairoMuseumthestatuetheyhadfoundintheterriblegatewaytemple andwonderedthatIhadnotshriekedwhenIsawitonAbdulReis...Thathand! Itwashideouslycold,anditwascrushingme; itwasthecoldandcrampingofthesarcophagusthechillandconstrictionofunrememberableEgypt... Itwasnighted,necropolitanEgyptitself..,thatyellowpaw..andtheywhispersuchthingsofKhephren... 

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