About midnight
Meanwhile the priests sang wedding hymns and bore the statue of the divine Isis through the whole house ; and priestesses performed sacred dances . The day ended with spectacles and a great feast , during which all noticed that Hebron accompanied the pharaoh continually , and that Tutmosis kept at a distance from her , and simply entertained guests at the wedding . When the stars had risen the holy Herhor left the feast , and soon after some of the highest dignitaries slipped out also . About midnight the following worthy persons met in a subterranean chamber of the temple of Amon : the high priests Herhor , Mefres , and Mentezufis , the chief judge of Thebes , also the chiefs of the provinces of Abs , Horti , and Emsuch . Mentezufis looked around among the great columns , closed the door , quenched the torches , and in that lower chamber there remained only one light , that which burned before a statue of Horus . The dignitaries sat down on three stone benches . `` If I were commanded to describe the character of Rameses XIII. , '' said the nomarch of Abs , `` I should be unable to do so . ''