Sardou's Cleopatra — page 240: what you’re looking at

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SARDOU’S CLEOPATRA. 7 225 the man who, the previous night, had vowed ven- geance upon Cleopatra, who, only an hour or two before, had entered that garden wild with anger against her—this man who now, with a passion- ate cry, drew her close into his arms, and looked with deepest love upon the face of her whom he had stigmatized as traitress. “And I accused you! It is I who am the euilty one.” | “Forgive! Forgive!” she sobbed. ‘“Eeypt,’ he murmured, ardently, “it is true that I fled before Octavius, and he has taken from me the empire. True! But this moment, this moment alone has restored to me all that he conquered from me, all that I have lost. Let him come, this conqueror! In my turn, I brave him! ‘Your chance successes, young and pru- dent Ceesar, I do not envy. No! I love better my reverses. Keep the world, and leave me Cleo- patra |” She glanced ‘shyly up at him, smiling through her tears. “You no longer hate me, then ?”” “Hate! You alone are all to me, and I fear nothing when I trust you. For.this is my secret, Gomicbooks (E(0) =)