Sardou's Cleopatra — page 51: what you’re looking at

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36 SARDOU'’S CLEOPATRA. countenance; Cleopatra abandoned at once the idea that had been suggested by Charmian; and, fixing upon him a less severe look, she asked: “You swear by strange gods. You are not an Hegyptian.” “My name is Pharon. Iam a Greek, and a slave, one of the boatmen of the port.” “But why did you so persistently follow the cangia ?” The Greek turned pale as death. He raised his eyes, and fixed them full upon the queen’s face. “I love you!” he answered, in low, thrilling tones. Very handsome he was, as he knelt there; and so thought the queen, with her keen sense of beauty. She leaned toward him, and seizing his arm, with a sudden movement, she cried: “So, you have raised your eyes to a queen! You have no mediocre ambition. You expected doubtless to have your love returned. Well, why not ?” “Queen,” responded Pharon, with the deepest melancholy, “I implore you, do not jest. Iam mad, I know, and after the declaration I have (Elo) comicbooks