The Palace

The palace holds a thousand people, and every one of them belongs to someone. Imila belongs to the Great Royal Wife. She came across the sea as a girl and was trained by Auset, who runs the household. Khenti stands guard in the same palace. In a house this large, nothing two people feel stays theirs for long.

This is the first story of The Inner Yard.

The Inner Yard is a romance set in a world built from late 18th Dynasty Egypt. It takes liberties.

Contents

Chapters 1-3: The First Day, Learning the Door, The Sixth Day

Chapter 4-6: Eleven Days, The Trade, Auset Notices

Chapter 7-9: Imila Notices, The Funeral, The Sandal

Chapter 10-12: Her Side of the Sandal, The Pool, The Wash Yard

Chapter 13-15: Three Paces, Auset's Move, The Offer

Chapter 16-18: Ipy in the Garden, The Corridor, The Flood and the Child

Chapter 19-21: Her Side of the Child, The Arrangement, The Lamps

Chapter 22-24: The Errands, What It Meant, Auset and Khenti

Chapter 25-27: The List, What It Cost, The Wall

Chapter 28-30: He Tells Her, The Comb, The Dog

Chapter 31-33: The Reckoning, What Imila Decided, The Teaching

Chapter 34-36: The Brickyard, The Wall, Tanefer

Chapter 37-39: What Khenti Offered, Five Weeks, The Hour

Chapter 40-42: The Last Day, Rudju, Neferet

Chapter 43-45: The Dissolution, The Roster, No Day

Chapter 46: The Bench

The Middle Room