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CHAPTER XV. During these events Nitetis had been sitting alone in her house on the hanging-gardens, absorbed in the saddest thoughts. To-day, for the first time, she had taken part in the general sacrifice made by the king's wives, and had tried to pray to her new gods in the open air, before the fire-altars and amidst the sound of religious songs strange to her ears. Most of the inhabitants of the harem saw her to-day for the first time, and instead of raising their eyes to heaven,