# An Egyptian Princess — Volume 02

Author: Ebers, Georg, 1837-1898; Grove, Eleanor [Translator]

Genre: Historical Fiction

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/5451

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=An+Egyptian+Princess+Ebers&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

The guests were all gone. Their departing mirth and joy had been smitten down by the drunkard's abusive words, like fresh young corn beneath a hail storm. Rhodopis was left standing alone in the empty, brightly decorated (supper-room). Knakias extinguished the colored lamps on the walls, and a dull, mysterious half-light took the place of their brilliant rays, falling scantily and gloomily on the piled-up plates and dishes, the remnants of the meal, and the seats and cushions, pushed out of their places by the retiring guests. A cold breeze came through the open door, for the dawn was at hand, and just before sunrise, the air is generally unpleasantly cool in Egypt. A cold chill struck th...

## Chapters

- [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/an-egyptian-princess-volume-02-5451/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Chapter 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/an-egyptian-princess-volume-02-5451/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/an-egyptian-princess-volume-02-5451/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Chapter 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/an-egyptian-princess-volume-02-5451/chapters/3/index.md)