the midday sun
Therefore it is a sound inference that all this simply confirms the symbol of hypnotism . '' Burke , intensely absorbed , stared steadily at the scroll . `` Now , '' continued Mr. Keen , `` we note the symbol of force again , always present ; and , continuing horizontally , a cartouch quite empty except for the midday sun . That is simply translated ; the midday sun illuminates nothing . Meris , deposed , is king only in name ; and the sun no longer shines on him as ` Ruler of Upper and Lower Egypt . ' Under that despairing symbol , ` King of Nothing , ' we have -LSB- Illustration : Glyph -RSB- the phonetics which spell _ sha _ , the word for garden . And , just beyond this , horizontally , the modifying ideograph meaning ` a _ water _ garden ' ; -LSB- Illustration : Glyph -RSB- a design of lotus and tree alternating on a terrace .