midnight
`` The ship shall be ready , Eperitus , and though I love thee well , I say this , that I would it rode the waves which roll around the shores of Khem and thou wert with it , and with thee she who is called the Hathor , that Goddess whom thou desirest . '' That night the Wanderer saw not Meriamun , but on the morrow she sent a messenger to him , bidding him to her feast that night . He had little heart to go , but a Queen 's courtesy is a command , and he went at sundown . Rei also went to the feast , and as he went , meeting the Wanderer in the ante-chamber , he whispered to him that all things were made ready , that a good ship waited him in the harbour , the very ship that he had captured from the Sidonians , and that he , Rei , would be with him by the pylon gate of the temple one hour before midnight . Presently , as he whispered , the doors were flung wide and Meriamun the Queen passed in , followed by eunuchs and waiting-women . She was royally arrayed , her face was pale and cold , but her great eyes glowed in it . Low the Wanderer bowed before her .