Sardou's Cleopatra — page 201: what you’re looking at

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

186 SARDOU’S CLEOPATRA, goblet and an amphora of water. Filling the gob- let half full, she drew from her finger a ring carved with a head of Rameses the Great, pressed a spring and let two drops of a heavy, greenish liquid fall from it into the water. ‘Then she took the cup in her hands, and, without a tremor, handed it to the unfortunate captain of the guard. ‘When the Great Queen commands, it is for her servants to obey,” said Kephren, calmly, and _ raised the goblet to his lips. But, before he could.drain the draught, Antony sprang forward and snatched it from him. “Enough!” he cried, rapturously. “Enough! I am convinced! It is enough to justify you both !” Raising his hand he was about to cast the gob- let through the open window, but Cleopatra, with a sudden movement, seized his arm and prevented him. “No!” she cried. “It still has its work to do, and this time it will be offered to the guilty and not to the innocent.” She seized the cup, and flashed a fierce look upon the still prostrate form of the man who had sought to do fer injury. comicbooks €o