Sardou's Cleopatra — page 109: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

U4 SARDOU’S CLEOPATRA, staring out into the garden. Was it a specter, or had she really seen Pharon glide by and conceal himself behind a mass of foliage in the garden below? Cleopatra noticed the terror frozen upon the girl’s face, and, alarmed herself, she seized her by the arm. “Tras! What isit? What has happened ?” “Nothing! Nothing!” was the stammering reply. ‘“J—J-——” In amazement, the queen followed the direction of the girl’s eyes. “Ah!” she cried, tightening her grasp upon Iras’ arm. “What movement is that among the leaves of that plant.” As if by magic, Iras recovered herself. ‘The danger of the man she loved nerved her to des- peration. At all odds, she must prevent his dis- covery. “It is nothing,” she said, “the breeze stirs the leaves.” : pat. “Breeze, child? ‘There is no breeze. Look! Do you not see the shadow of a bow upon the wall, beyond the sphinx ?” As she spoke, a hissing sound was heard, and an arrow flew through the air and planted itself Eomicbooks (E(e)