Sardou's Cleopatra — page 145: what you’re looking at

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130 | SARDOU’S CLEOPATR.A. about, as if seeking. some one who would dare assert it. | “What! He has fled from me! He has dared to love another! Can it betrue? Mad and inso- lent! Quit me—prefer the Roman! Who is this woman who dares to vie with me in power and pride? Is she beautiful or ugly? She must be beautiful! Oh! I would like to see her! What frightful torment not to have an image against which to direct one’s hatred, to strike in the air and curse at hazard. Ah! that messen- ger! he must have seen Octavia! Bring him, Kephren! He will tell me what I want to know. Bring him before me!” com (e afofo KS.CO =