——allhavelefttheirrecordsorbeencelebratedatKarnak。PurposelyImingledtheminmymind——didnotattempttoputthemintheirproperorder，oreventodisentanglegodsandgoddessesfromconquerorsandkings。InthewarmandseductivenightKhunswhisperedtome：\"AslongagoatBekhtenIexorcisedthedemonfromthesufferingPrincess，sonowIexorcisefromtheseruinsallspiritsbutmyown。To-nighttheseruinsshallsuggestnothingbutmajesty，tranquillity，andbeauty。
TheirrecordsareforRa，andmustbestudiedbyhisrays。Inminetheyshallspeaknottotheintellectual，butonlytotheemotionsandthesoul。\"
AndpresentlyIwentdown，andyieldingacompleteandhappyobediencetoKhuns，Iwanderedalongthroughthestupendousvestigesofpasteras，deadambitions，vanishedglory，andlong-outwornbelief，andI
ignorederas，ambitions，glory，andbelief，andthoughtonlyofform，andheight，ofthemiracleofblacknessagainstsilver，andofthepathosofstatueswhoseever-openeyesatnight，whenoneisnearthem，suggesttheworkingofsomeevilspell，perpetualwatchfulness，combinedwitheternalinactivity，theunslumberingmindcagedinthebodythatisparalysed。
ThereisatempleatKarnakthatIlove，andIscarcelyknowwhyI