# The Gates of Kamt

The novel is in the tradition of Rider Haggard's 1887 She, and concerns a lost race of ancient Egyptians. In her autobiography, Links in the Chains of Life, Baroness Orczy comments: "The book that gave me more pleasure to write than any of the others is By the Gods Beloved, not only because I could allow my imagination to go roaming in hitherto unexplored realms but because I could give it full sway in picturesque descriptions of places that did not really exist, and in people and characters who could have no attributes that were entirely normal and modern."Warning: template has been deprecated.
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THE GATES OF KAMT
(p. 184)
The Gates of Kamt
By
Baroness Orczy
Author of
"The Scarlet Pimpernel," The Emperor's Candlesticks,
etc., etc.
Illustrated By The Kinneys
New York
Dodd, Mead & Company
1907
Copyright, 1905, By
The Knickerbocker Press
Copyright, 1907, By
Dodd, Mead & Company
Published May, 1907
TO
ELIZABETH, AMY and FLORA BARSTOW
of Garrow Hill, York,
whose friendship has helped to render the land
of my adoption doubly dear to me,
this book is inscribed
in token of lasting affection
PUBLISHER'S NOTE
The English edition of this book was issued under the title "By the Gods Beloved"
CONTENTS
PART I THE GATES OF KAMT
* chapterpage
* ITankerville's Hobby ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................1
* IIThe Shade of Neit-akrit ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................11
* IIIThe Tomb of the Greek Priest ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................21
* IVThe Rock of Anubis ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................31
* VThe Gates of Kamt ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................46
* VIThe Temple of Ra ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................58
* VIIThe Temple of Ra ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................68
PART II MEN-NE-FER
* VIIIThe Idol of the People ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................79
* IXThe Messenger of Princess Neit-akrit ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................99
* XThe Judgment-Hall of Men-ne-fer ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................111
* XIThe trial of Kesh-ta, the Slave ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................121
* XIIThe Crown of Kamt ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................135
* XIIIThe Iridescent Scarabæus ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................146
* XIVThe making of an enemy ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................156
PART III THE PALACE OF NEIT-AKRIT
* XVNeit-akrit, Princess of Kamt ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................163
* XVIDivinely Fair ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................174
* XVIIDanger ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................183
* XVIIILove or Hate? ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................193
* XIXA Kiss ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................207
* XXA Letter from Hugh ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................212
* XXIA Debt of Honour ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................220
PART IV
TANIS
* XXIIThe Bridal City ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................228
* XXIIIThe Crime ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................236
* XXIVThe Alternative ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................246
* XXVHelpless ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................259
* XXVIThe Marriage ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................276
* XXVIIWhite Rosemary ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................285
* XXVIIIThe Threat ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................298
* XXIXThe Departure from Tanis ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................313
* XXXRosemary for Remembrance ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................319
* XXXIThe End ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................325
ILLUSTRATIONS
* "Wilt tell me what lies beyond the hills of Kamt?" ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................Frontispiece
* Remember that this broken wand might prove the future emblem of . . . thy power." ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................Facing Page 160
* He had fallen, half-fainting, upon the marble floor, and clung, around her knees ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................""204
* "I will cause all my wealth, . . . to be left to thee, if thou wilt part my lover and Neit-akrit forever." ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................""250
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