Lloyd was currently brandishing a leather whip, lashing his "wife" and "father-in-law" to urge them to haul massive square stones, each taller than a man, to pile up a soaring, magnificent pyramid.
The other miscellaneous servants and laborers in the household were also burdened with giant stones, throwing themselves into this red-hot spectacle of construction.
Beside the pyramid, a dreamlike hanging garden, a temple dedicated to hunting, and an enormous bathhouse had already been completed.
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