he Governor
was wroth with Pen-Amen, and he said, "Let him alone." Therefore I
walked close to him.

[Footnote 1: Pen-Amen means to say that as the shadow of the Governor
had fallen upon the Egyptian, Unu-Amen was henceforth his servant. The
shadow of a man was supposed to carry with it some of the vital power
and authority of the man.]

And the Governor answered and said unto me, "Behold, the orders [of
Pharaoh] which my fathers carried out in times of old, I also have
carried out, notwithstanding the fact that thou hast not done for me
what thy fathers were wont to do for me. However, look for thyself, and
take note that the last of the cedar trunks hath arrived, and here it
lieth. Do now whatsoever thou pleaseth with them, and take steps to load
them into ships, for assuredly they are given to thee as a gift. I beg
thee to pay no heed to the terror of the sea voyage, but if thou
persistest in contemplating [with fear] the sea voyage, thou must also
contemplate [with fear] the terror of me [if thou tarriest here].
Certainly I have not treated thee as the envoys of Kha-em-Uast[1] were
treated here, for they were made to pass seventeen (or fifteen) years in
this country, and they died here."[2]

[Footnote 1: Otherwise known as Rameses IX, a king of the twentieth
dynasty.]

[Footnote 2: _i.e._ they were kept prisoners in Syria until their
death.]

Then the Governor spake to the officer of his bodyguard, saying, "Lay
hands on him, and take him to see the tombs wherein they lie." And I
said unto him, "Far be it from me to look upon such [ill-omened] things!
As concerning the messengers of Kha-em-Uast, the men whom he sent unto
thee as ambassadors were merely [officials] of his, and there was no god
with his ambassadors, and so thou sayest, 'Make haste to look upon thy
colleagues.' Behold, wouldst thou not have greater pleasure, and
shouldst thou not [instead of saying such things] cause to be made a
stele whereon should be said by thee:

"Amen-Ra, the King of the Gods, sent to me Amen-ta-mat, his divine
ambassador, together with Unu-Amen, his human ambassador, in quest of
trunks of cedar wood for the Great and Holy Boat of Amen-Ra, the King
of the Gods. And I cut down cedar trees, and I loaded them into ships. I
provided the ships myself, and I manned them with my own sailors, and I
made them to arrive in Egypt that they might bespeak [from the god for
me] ten thousand years of life, in addition to the span of life