Sardou's Cleopatra — page 127: what you’re looking at

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112 —-- SARDOU’S CLEOPATRA. — Pharon?' He has been at the palace, seen the queen, and I fear the worst.” “Yes,” replied Serapion. “He is safe, and leaves for Greece to-night. ‘The queen has par- doned him.” | ‘“Pardoned him!” she exclaimed, rapturously. “Now the gods be praised for that! For, had it been otherwise, two lives, not one, would have passed away before day-break.”’ And, unheeding the old man’s warning glance, she proceeded hurriedly : “I care not what happens now. He is safe. He, whom I love.” Serapion raised his hand to check her, but it was too late. As she spoke, she turned a little, -andin so doing found herself face to face with Pharon. For a moment they stood silently looking into each other’s eyes. Perhaps, in that moment, they both realized what might have, nay, would have ‘been, had Cleopatra never existed. Iras was the first to speak. “You have heard?” she said. “But what mat- ters it? Ipreferit so. Your lifeis saved. We shall never meet again, but perhaps afar off, in that beautiful land that was the birthplace of us (Ele) Eomicbooks =~, ,