Original (English)

CHAPTER IV. Five days after the evening we have just described at Rhodopis' house, an immense multitude was to be seen assembled at the harbor of Sais. Egyptians of both sexes, and of every age and class were thronging to the water's edge. Soldiers and merchants, whose various ranks in society were betokened by the length of their white garments, bordered with colored fringes, were interspersed among the crowd of half-naked, sinewy men, whose only clothing consisted of an apron, th