about three in the afternoon
Remember that thy grandfather , the holy Amenhotep , was also a high priest and a viceroy of the pharaoh , and Thou thyself , who knows if Thou wouldst be reigning today , had the holy order of the priests not desired to have its own blood on the throne . Art thou , too , not obliged to them for dominion ? '' The pharaoh as he listened to her , thought all the time that the wisdom of the priests was an immense power , and the struggle with them difficult . Only about three in the afternoon did the first courier arrive from Memphis , an adjutant of the regiment which had been stationed at the temple . He informed the sovereign that the temple had not been taken because of the anger of the gods ; that the people had fled , that the priests were triumphant , and that even in the army disorder had arisen during that brief but terrible darkness . Then , taking Tutmosis aside , the adjutant declared to him directly that the troops were demoralized ; that , because they had fled in a panic , as many were wounded and killed as in a battle . `` What is happening now with the troops ? ''