Mara, Daughter of the Nile Quotes

“...The queen's mocking laughter cut in. "This is your treasure, Lord Sheftu?"

"Aye. The greatest treasure in Egypt—a maid whose loyalty cannot be bought. Whatever bargain we make, Daughter of the Sun, must include her freedom.”
― Eloise Jarvis McGraw, Mara, Daughter of the Nile

“You are both daring and unscrupulous, and you think fast. I have been looking for a person with those particular characteristics. Also I noticed you speak Babylonian.”
― Eloise Jarvis McGraw, Mara, Daughter of the Nile

“Blue-Eyed One, never again shall you cover your shoulders. I declare your scars to be medals of gallantry great than any I could bestow, and it is my will that all the Black Land look upon them, and learn the nature of courage.”
― Eloise Jarvis McGraw, Mara, Daughter of the Nile

“Sheftu,” she whispered, “it's all over.”
“Nay, little one. It's just beginning. Many things are beginning.”
― Eloise Jarvis McGraw, Mara, Daughter of the Nile

“Then the stars went out, for the bark of Ra, in fiery splendor, burst out of the East. Sunshine flooded the wide desert and the long, green valley of the Nile. The night was over; a new day had dawned for the land of Egypt.”
― Eloise Jarvis McGraw, Mara, Daughter of the Nile

“oh, much better—for I shall be with Sheftu. . . .”
― Eloise Jarvis McGraw, Mara, Daughter of the Nile

“Sheftu realized with a sudden shock that she was a slave. She must be; otherwise, angry as she was, she would openly rebel against this man, who was evidently her master. Now the contradictions in her appearance were no longer baffling. Probably she had been well born, stolen as a child from her family, sold and resold until there was no one left who could possibly know who she once had been.”
― Eloise Jarvis McGraw, Mara, Daughter of the Nile