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`` Stay ! '' said Paaker , turning his back on the lady ; and mounting a block of stone by the side of the gorge , he cast a practised glance all round , and returned to Nefert : `` I have found a shady spot , '' he said , `` out there . '' Mena 's wife followed with her eyes the indication of his hand , and shook her head . The gold ornaments on her head-dress rattled gently as she did so , and a cold shiver passed over her slim body in spite of the midday heat . `` Sechet is raging in the sky , '' said Paaker . -LSB- A goddess with the head of a lioness or a cat , over which the Sun - disk is usually found . She was the daughter of Ra , and in the form of the Uraeus on her father 's crown personified the murderous heat of the star of day .