Sardou's Cleopatra — page 141: what you’re looking at

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126 - SARDOU’S CLEOPATRA. “But——” she faltered. “But—oh! what horror lies behind that but!” The messenger was silent. “By Isis!” continued Cleopatra, a prey to min- gled fear and anger. “This is too much. Speak, slave! You have said Antony is alive!” The messenger summoned up all his courage, and with an evident effort, replied: ‘He is alive, yes. He is not dead to the world, but he is dead to Cleopatra.” The queen flung up her head with a dangerous elitter in her eye. “Go on !” The command was so slow and quiet that it. deceived the messenger, and it was with more confidence that he now spoke. “Octavius and Antony are reconciled, and, to cement the peace of the world, Antony has mar- ried Octavia.” For an instant the queen stood as if stiffened into marble. . Her cheeks and lips were the color of ashes; the only s‘gn of life was in her eyes, which gleamed and glowed like two coals of living fire. Then, suddenly, with a fierce, wild cry, like that of the tigress, as she is about to rend her prey, she sprang savagely upon the unfortunate te | a / comicbooks.co