Penny Dreadfuls, 1891 · page 112 of 297
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a SARDOU’S CLEOPATRA. 97 “What does this message mean?” she muttered between her clenched teeth. “Oh, fool that I am! It is nothing—the work of a madman. I will trust him! I w// trust him! ‘Thus do I banish all suspicion from my heart!’ And tearing the parchment into fragments she flung them from her. Then stretching out her arms, wearily and pit- eously : “Charmian! Iras! Help me, my women, to my chamber. My eyes are heavy, and I fain would sleep.” (E(0) Eomicboo cS