Sardou's Cleopatra — page 94: what you’re looking at

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

SARDOU’S CLEOPATRA, | 19 “it is not your fault that the poison failed of its effect.” a “Tt will not fail a second time.” “Cleopatrais happy. She cares notnow. Her only thought is for her new lover.” Pharon started. ‘Her new lover!” Then Diomedes related briefly the visit of the queen to Tarsus, her victory over the Roman triumvir, and her own final enslavement—a cap- tive in the chains of Eros. To all this the Greek listened with varying emotions, at first with maddening jealousy, which, however, soon gave way to a feeling of numb de- spair. What mattered it, after all? Hewas to die. “Ah!” he murmured, half aloud, as Diomedes finished. “If I could but look upon that face once more !”’ “It is not impossible,’ answered Diomedes, eagerly. “Not impossible!” exclaimed Pharon, no less eagerly, his face flushing scarlet. “Show me the way, and I am your friend for life! Ah,” he added, with sad sarcasm, “‘that is not for long.” “Long enough to accomplish what I wish.” SSE = Eomicboo