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  But Rames and Tua were no more allowed to play together alone, foralways after this the Princess was accompanied by women of honour and anarmed guard. Also, within a year or two the boy was placed in chargeof a general to be brought up as a soldier, a trade that he liked wellenough, so that from this time forward he and Neter-Tua met but seldom.Still there was a bond between them which could not be broken byabsence, for already they loved each other, and every night and morningwhen Tua made her petitions to Amen, after praying for Pharaoh herfather, and for the spirit of her royal mother, Ahura, she prayed forRames, and that they might meet soon. For the months when her eyes didnot fall upon his face were wearisome to Tua.