They made him feel that he was landing on the colossal steps of some Egyptian palace; and, indeed, the thing suited his mood, for he was, in his own mind, mounting to attack the solid thrones of horrible and heathen kings.
Haien kariaz, iruditzen zitzaion Egiptoko jauregiren baten sarrerako harmaila eskergetan lehorreratzekotan zela, eta izan ere, ongi zegokion irudipen hori Syme-ren aldarteari, zeren, bere baitan, errege malapartatu eta fedegabe batzuen tronu sendoei erasotzera baitzihoan.