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10992And what threat does the reader imagine could possibly be devised to reach a mind so sunk, so desperate, so wretched as hers?
10992Do you intend to escape, or to die?"
10992If it goes against us, what do you intend to do?
10992What interests, then, had she still remaining upon which a threat could take hold?
10992is that all?
40205And what threat does the reader imagine could possibly be devised to reach a mind so sunk, so desperate, so wretched as hers?
40205Do you intend to escape, or to die?"
40205If it goes against us, what do you intend to do?
40205What interests, then, had she still remaining upon which a threat could take hold?
40205is that all?
5474And if he forced his way in?
5474And what robbed Cleopatra of the renown of resembling the gods?
5474But was it not natural that I should fear he had prejudiced the Queen?
5474But what power have we to restrain the son of Antony?
5474But who is to prevent it?
5474For what?
5474How old was she then?
5474Jealousy?
5474So late?
5474Then her manner changed, and in the sweetest tones of her soft voice, she said beseechingly,''You wo n''t say such naughty things again, will you?'' 5474 Who, save ourselves?"
5474Yet what mighty impulse might not be slumbering in the breast of a son of Julius Caesar and Cleopatra?
5474But why should I try to conceal what she has displayed to the world openly enough throughout her whole life?
5474Do you want to hear it?"
5474Have you an idea of his teachings?
5474No definite one?
5474Was that Cleopatra?
5474What Alexandrian has not seen this remarkable man?
5474What had become of the heroes and the high- minded princes of the house of Ptolemy?
5474What woman might not have been jealous of his enthusiasm for the Roman Hera?
5474When to such tears were added uplifted hands and a few sweet words, such as,''It would make me happy,''or,''Do n''t you see how it hurts me?''
5474Yet why did she put on the bracelet which Antony gave her after his last visit?
5474interrupted her mother joyfully,"what god met you as you went out this morning?"
5480And I-- I?
5480A noble heart which sees itself forced to pity a foe, easily forgives; and was she ever your enemy?
5480Archibius, I may confess this to you, the friend who saw love for this man develop in the breast of the child-- But what does this mean?
5480But could she succeed in rekindling his courage?
5480But what disaster could he not have speedily vanquished in these days?
5480Had longing for the changeful, exciting life of former days at last overpowered her?
5480Had not the victory of Octavianus at Actium been a miracle?
5480Had the fugitives been discovered and dragged with his family to the city to be thrown into prison, perhaps sent to the stone quarries?
5480Have I read the old familiar book aright?"
5480Have the people rebelled?
5480How can I woo a girl whom I so deeply honour-- your sister, Barine-- when the image of another rules my soul?"
5480How must this last banquet, which began so mournfully and continued with such reckless mirth, affect her?
5480Or has the new tax levied, the command to seize the treasures of the temple, driven them to extremities?
5480Or have tidings from Rome?
5480The most absolute peace begins upon its threshold-- who knows where it ends?
5480Was it the heat of April, with its desert winds, which had brought the transformation?
5480Was not the plan of bringing the fleet across the isthmus bold and full of promise?
5480Was solitude becoming unendurable?
5480What am I to do?
5480What can life offer you without her?"
5480What fate is impending over the dear ones, who are so worthy of the greatest happiness?
5480What had happened here?
5480What if Antony proved himself the hero of yesterday, the general he had been in days of yore?
5480What if Fate, like a capricious ruler, now changed from frowns to smiles?
5480Who tore away the flowers beneath which they lay concealed?
5480Would it be any marvel if she should pine with longing in this solitude, and even suffer physically from their severe privations?
5477And do you think it would dim the light of your moon a little, were he to seek her here in vain?
5477And that?
5477And the authority?
5477Do you intend to render your words more attractive by the veil with which you shroud them? 5477 Do you know its real history?"
5477Not even if the person who has been robbed-- the Queen-- commands you to give up the dishonestly acquired possession?
5477That means that your revelations would wound me, the sun?
5477Was the winter we have just experienced intended to fill us with twofold gratitude for the delights of the mild spring in this blessed room?
5477Yet you have attempted it?
5477And Mark Antony?
5477And did this vain woman go to rest with costly gold ornaments?
5477And what was the cause?
5477But what had happened?
5477But what was this?
5477But you will have her examined, and then----What may she not make of the story of Mark Antony, Barine, and the two armlets?
5477Cleopatra''s eyes sparkled with a brighter light as she asked eagerly,"Do you, the granddaughter of a philosopher, know the system of the master?"
5477Could it be Cleopatra''s intention to question her before the eyes of all these men, women, and boys?
5477Do you hear the howling of the storm?
5477Do you think that he will again seek the singer?
5477Else how did the circlet chance to be on her arm?
5477Else why had it been selected as the scene of this nocturnal trial?
5477How can you men, who only command and desire, understand the happiness of sacrifice?
5477How dared Cleopatra assert that she was convicted of a crime, without hearing her defence?
5477May I ask which seems to you the most desirable?"
5477Or,"and as she spoke she touched Barine''s shoulder"--or why should you wear, during the hours of slumber, that circlet on your arm?"
5477Shall I betray the moon, when I am sure of gaining nothing thereby save to dim the warm light of the sun?"
5477The simplest way would be--""Well?"
5477Was it the coloured rays from the ruby eyes of the dragon in the fireplace which shed the roseate glow on Cleopatra''s cheeks?
5477Was this also the singer''s fault?
5477What is the meaning of this sudden entry of summer?
5477What prevented her from confessing that her heart was another''s?
5477Who can blame her for prizing it so highly that she does not remove it even while she sleeps?"
5477Who can blame the ill- treated friend if it is less ready to serve us as the years go on?
5477Yet, had this disturbing influence really existed?
5477cried the Queen gaily, and, turning to the companion of her own studies, she added:"Did you hear, Charmian?
5475Do you?
5475Iras?
5475We?
5475Well?
5475Who was your companion?
5475But Archibius, the brave, circumspect counsellor and helper?
5475But in that case how had Antony reached Taenarum?
5475But look at yonder figure in the white robe beside the left obelisk-- is it not Dion?
5475But who in Alexandria could venture to refuse admittance to a son of the Queen?"
5475But would the Alexandrian possess the lofty gift of freedom, if the Romans ruled his city as they governed Carthage or Corinth?
5475But would the young beauty, accustomed to gay intercourse with distinguished men, have been able to submit to her demands?
5475Had Octavianus taken possession of them?
5475Had she offended him?
5475Here Archibius interrupted him with the exclamation:"A ray of light amid all this gloom?
5475How did it fall into the hands of the pirates?
5475How had it been kindled?
5475Now, full of the warmest confidence, he asked whether she would consent to rule as mistress of his home, the honour and ornament of his ancient name?
5475The others?
5475Was he detained by the spell of Didymus''s granddaughter?
5475Were it otherwise, how could the love and loyalty which cleave to the hapless, defeated woman, be repaid with anguish of heart and tears?
5475Were they burned or sunk?
5475What could induce Antony to give so strange an order?
5475What did this mean?
5475What had become of the magnificent galleys which had accompanied her to the battle?
5475What would have prevented him-- as he did later-- from taking the object of his love to Rome, had it been possible at that time?
5475Where had the wood been gathered in this desert?
5475Where would the Queen go now?
5475Who knows how soon they may be orphaned?
5475Why should he conceal what had reached his ears?
5475Would Pompey defend himself, or why did he raise his hand?
5475Yesterday, among all the thousands, there was scarcely a single doubter; but to- day- how does it happen?
5475You have had news which rouses your anxiety?"
5481And Octavianus?
5481But her future destiny? 5481 Is n''t she?"
5481Must I repeat it?
5481On me?
5481Would it not rather be my place to complain? 5481 And if we succeed--?
5481And love?
5481But where am I wandering?
5481Charmian nodded assent, and whispered,"The poison?"
5481Does it not seem to you also as if the very sun in the heavens was darkened?"
5481If he does not reveal to me what awaits me and you learn it, then-- you will not say no, you can not refuse me-- then you, yes, you will inform me?"
5481Iras saw it, and after Barine had answered her question,"Dion''s child?"
5481Is any written testimony required in behalf of charms whose magic is still potent?"
5481May I know in what manner your kindness and wisdom have shaped her future?
5481Must not he, therefore, have decided the children''s fate ere he consented to see their mother?
5481Now he endeavoured to raise her companion, saying reproachfully,"Charmian, was this well done?"
5481Or, rather, what did you promise the vanquished Queen?"
5481Promptly and firmly came the reply:"What have I been able to do for you until now?
5481Should she dupe him into granting her wishes by feigning love for the first time?
5481Should she yield to the man who had insulted her, in order to induce him to accord the children their rights?
5481So the result was satisfactory?"
5481Was it too great for Octavianus, or too petty?
5481What fate will you bestow on her and her children?"
5481What if she loved the nephew as she had once loved the uncle who, through her, had learned what bliss life can offer?
5481What marvel, if I looked for them in vain?
5481What matters all else that we sacrificed?
5481What may we hope from your favour?"
5481What must she be when it is love that constrains the flame of her glowing soul to burst into a blaze?"
5481What shall I be to- morrow, what later?
5481Whether it will be painless, who can tell?
5481Who could venture to speak in her presence of vanished charms?
5481Who would not seek in war to diminish the enemy''s booty?"
5481Why does the serpent delay?
5481Will you not?
5481Yet what am I?
5481tell me, what is your decision concerning me and the children?
5479And suppose she should do it, Archibius? 5479 But I, what have I been to him?"
5479How?
5479More? 5479 Now?"
5479That game is lost,Archibius broke in with so much earnestness that Charmian started, repeating in a low, timid tone:"Lost?"
5479Then why did he not suffer it to content him?
5479This?
5479''What joys has life not offered me?''
5479Against whom?
5479And during the hours of the day and evening?
5479And the children?
5479And was not the requirement that whoever is to command must first learn to obey, based upon old experiences?
5479And what lay before her in the existence which lasted an eternity?
5479But for whom were the festivals to be celebrated; with whom could she share them?
5479But where were the bearers?
5479But why did Dion, whom I loved so fervently, disdain me?
5479Could she have any other emotion than thankfulness if the plan of escape succeeded?
5479Did she take you into her confidence?"
5479For whom did she adorn herself or strive to stay the vanishing charm?
5479How could she have found time and thought for such affairs?
5479How would-- this must be the form of the question-- the years purchased by the murder or betrayal of one whom she loved shape themselves for her?
5479I have reason to believe it, for whom did I ever love save the Queen?
5479I must talk with him, and-- you no longer have any thought of a parting?
5479Iras threw back her head with angry pride, exclaiming passionately:"Was it I who injured you?
5479Is Barine''s hiding- place secure?"
5479Now there was nothing more to lose; but what might not Cleopatra bestow upon his master?
5479Or is she so much beloved because she entered the world full of its wealth, and dispenses it as the sun diffuses light?
5479Purchase of whom?
5479What do I care for Egypt?
5479What is sweeter than sound sleep, and who will disturb and rouse me when Death has lowered his torch before me?
5479What plan of meeting have you arranged?"
5479What prevented her from grasping the gold, giving the hint, issuing the command?
5479What should I be, and what am I?
5479When he had retired, she exclaimed to Charmian:"Was I blind?
5479Where is your ward?"
5479Why did Mark Antony prefer Cleopatra to Octavia, who was not less fair, whose heart was his, and whose hand held the sovereignty of half the world?"
5479Why should not her son taste the quiet happiness which she had enjoyed in the garden of Epicurus?
5479Why should she reflect and consider longer?
5479You mean, I suppose, the children?"
5479what changes so quickly as joy and sorrow?
5478A bird? 5478 And Iras?
5478And will you meet the disheartened hero in this mood?
5478Archibius?
5478Good?
5478How can that be?
5478How shall I thank you, you dear, clever, most loyal of friends to your male friends, though your heart is so faithless to fair ones? 5478 I am now going to show the gentlemen the danger which threatens her, and if I succeed-- Yet what could a serving- woman of my appearance accomplish?
5478Is that the cause of this gracious respite?
5478Is that true, really true?
5478Is the army defeated also?
5478Rescued?
5478Since when?
5478What else would you have me do?
5478What is great or petty to the heart of a loving woman?
5478You here, Pyrrhus?
5478And I?
5478And now-- now?
5478And now-- now?"
5478As the Syrian held out his hand to take leave, she asked bluntly"And Dion?"
5478But did not we have better ones?
5478Do you hear?
5478Do you remember the dull dreamer whom we left ere he set forth for Paraetonium?
5478Do you wish to see the letter?"
5478Else would he have followed me hither, though no magic goblet drew him after me?
5478Had some of Alexas''s myrmidons arrived, or was he himself on the way to examine Dion, or even arrest him?
5478Have you seen our house?
5478I will tell our Barine of your faithful resolution; but how can she show her gratitude for it if you are a dead man?"
5478Look me in the face, Charmian, and answer me as fearlessly as a mirror: did Olympus really succeed in effacing the wrinkles?"
5478Might I not go to the harbour and await him there?
5478Pestilence or famine-- which shall we call the worse?"
5478That painless peace--our chief good-- whence came it?
5478The main thing?
5478Then you will start after sundown?"
5478True, Archibius''s stable was full of fine animals, but who was she that she should presume to use them?
5478Was the mischief- maker everywhere?
5478Whence do I, by whose miserable weakness the battle of Actium was lost, derive the right to walk longer beneath the sun?
5478Where will this new passion lead you?
5478Why repeat what we both know well enough?
5478Would he be strong enough to follow the long passage leading to the sea?
5478Would the anxieties which weigh upon her like mountains interpose between the Queen and the jealous rancour which is too petty for her great soul?"
5478Would you like to see the lady Berenike and the others before your departure?"
5478You know the tidings this terrible day has brought?"
5478cried Charmian;"how did she bear all this?"
5478cried Gorgias in an irritated tone:"May not a man admire what is magnificent, wonderful, unique?
5478what has befallen us?
5476And his tutor Rhodon? 5476 And the reckless deed was successful?"
5476And what does the flower owe to your maiden,cried Dion,"or our city to Rome?
5476But are you so sure that it was love which made him follow me? 5476 If necessity requires?"
5476Murder?
5476So you know her?
5476The Queen''s leech?
5476Then you know already?
5476To the palace?
5476What do you intend, my royal mistress?
5476What thoughts are these?
5476Where does she live?
5476And now?
5476And the boy slumbering on the pillows?
5476And yet, have I a right to execrate the thrall of the beaker?
5476At first they refused to give their names--""Caesarion slightly, really only slightly wounded?"
5476Because a woman had yielded to idle fears, obeyed the yearning of a mother''s heart, and fled?
5476But what bounds can be set to the insatiate greed of these women?
5476But what happened at Actium?
5476But, after all, what harm can they do us, if we only keep close together, we two old people and the children of the children whom Hades rent from us?
5476Did Helena need assistance?
5476Extending her hand to raise Iras, who had sunk prostrate before her, she kissed her on the forehead, whispering,"The children?"
5476For each one of these children a great empire would not be too high a price; for them all----What does earth contain that I would not bestow?
5476How could the wind have set one torch in the place of another, and moved lights or lanterns in a direction opposite to its violent course?
5476How could you have forgotten that you aided me to win the wager which forced Antony to gaze into the beaker before I filled it for him?
5476My blood seemed fairly to freeze in my veins, and Alexas, trembling and deadly pale, asked,''Do you command us to quit the battle?''
5476My strict commands?"
5476Then, closing the diptychon, she handed it to her attendant, asking:"Whom will you take?"
5476Was it the storm that stirred them?
5476Was the slave seeking for a member of the family?
5476What did the old man want at so late an hour on this dark night?
5476What had befallen the poor youth that day?
5476What is the love of men?
5476What remained for her to give?
5476What say you to the tooth which my lips do not hide so kindly as you assert?
5476Who cherishes anxiety when confidently expecting victory?
5476Whose save my own are these lines around the corners of the eyes and on the brow?
5476Why should I blind myself?
5476Why, why?
5476Yet what can I still call my own?"
5476Yet, why should an undertaking which was successful in the days of Sesostris appear unattainable?
5476You are silent?
5476You swear that the wound is but a slight one?"
5473Archibius?
5473Barine?
5473Credit her?
5473Did not you say that Iras, with whom you played when a boy is now becoming troublesome by watching your every step? 5473 Do you imagine that she would go with me?"
5473Fading?
5473For whom save the good old man who was my father''s preceptor, and his just claim?
5473Have you received bad news from the fleet?
5473How can you take pleasure, whenever it is possible, in casting such slurs upon a woman, whom but yesterday you called blameless, charming, peerless?
5473I?
5473Like Philostratus, you mean, on whom I bestowed a few blows in addition to the golden guerdon received from your hand?
5473Shall I accompany you?
5473That the boy may not follow Barine?
5473Then this horrible folly is known?
5473Then what can be said of my influence?
5473What is all this ado about?
5473Who consults a girl of fifteen in the choice of a husband? 5473 Who, in these days, knows whether the sky will be blue or grey to- morrow?
5473You mean the remark about the Queen''s accompanying the fleet?
5473You?
5473Yours?
5473And for what purpose?
5473And what are mere rumours?
5473And why?
5473And, fellow- citizens, do you know why?
5473But if she should consent to become his without the blessing of Hymen?
5473But what does the petted Dion care for his fading playfellow?"
5473Had a new, strong passion awakened within him?
5473Had he not been drawn to her, during the past few months, by the mere charm of her pliant intellect and her bright beauty?
5473Has the monster dragged along there any connection with the twin statues of the Queen and her friend?
5473He stands before me, and who does not easily stick fast when marsh and mire are so near?
5473Is it worthy of a sensible person to suffer courage to be depressed by a sailor''s gossip?
5473Or do you see any other way to protect the unhappy boy from incalculable misfortune?
5473Or is she?
5473Probably it was you, too, who had him flung into the water, after you had vented your wrath on him?
5473Strange things seem to be occurring, and yonder-- or am I mistaken?
5473Suppose in future we should call the round buttercup seed- vessels''Philostratus heads''?
5473Then rage burst forth afresh"What do I care for your money?
5473To Iras, his mother''s confidante?
5473Was Barine more to him than he supposed?
5473Was Helena''s image, which now floated before him so bewitchingly, destined to fade as swiftly?
5473Was he in danger of seeing the will which urged him to preserve his freedom conquered?
5473Was it you who selected that place for them?"
5473What could they want of the secluded philosopher?
5473What is the sole object of my words?
5473What is the world, what am I to her, compared with the Queen, the idol of her heart?
5473Which of the enemy''s generals could cope with Antony on the land?
5473Who revered the sacredness of marriage in a city whose queen was openly living for the second time with the husband of another?
5473Why am I using it here till it is weary and almost paralyzed?
5473Would you still be ready to plunge into the water for me, as in those days?
5473You like the suggestion?
2062''Tis your last remedy, and strongest too: And then this Dolabella, who so fit To practise on?
2062''Twas what I feared.-- Charmion, is this well done?
2062A long speech preparing?
2062A word in private.-- When saw you Dolabella?
2062Again?
2062Ah, what will not a woman do, who loves?
2062Alone, and talking to himself?
2062Am I a Cleopatra?
2062Am I false, Or infamous?
2062Am I to live, or die?--nay, do I live?
2062And dreamed you this?
2062And she received my message with as true, With as unfeigned a sorrow as you brought it?
2062And should I Forsake this beauty?
2062And should my weakness be a plea for yours?
2062And to whom could I more fitly apply myself than to your lordship, who have not only an inborn, but an hereditary loyalty?
2062And was I worth a tear?
2062And what''s this toy, In balance with your fortune, honour, fame?
2062And who must wear them then?
2062And would you more?
2062And yet you first Persuaded me: How come you altered since?
2062And, would you multiply more ruins on me?
2062Are they noble?
2062Are you Antony?
2062Are you concerned, That she''s found false?
2062Are you my friend, Ventidius?
2062Art thou Ventidius?
2062Art thou living?
2062Art thou not one?
2062Art thou returned at last, my better half?
2062At Actium, who betrayed him?
2062Begged it, my lord?
2062Bright as a goddess?
2062But have I no remembrance?
2062But shall I speak?
2062But what of that?
2062But who''s that stranger?
2062Can Heaven prepare A newer torment?
2062Can I do this?
2062Can it find a curse Beyond our separation?
2062Can they be friends of Antony, who revel When Antony''s in danger?
2062Can you not tell her, you must part?
2062Canst thou remember, When, swelled with hatred, thou beheld''st her first, As accessary to thy brother''s death?
2062Could I do so?
2062Could he speak More plainly?
2062Could you not beg An hour''s admittance to his private ear?
2062Coward flesh, Wouldst thou conspire with Caesar to betray me, As thou wert none of mine?
2062Did he then weep?
2062Did not you o''errule, And force my plain, direct, and open love, Into these crooked paths of jealousy?
2062Didst thou not shrink behind me from those eyes And whisper in my ear-- Oh, tell her not That I accused her with my brother''s death?
2062Does this weak passion Become a mighty queen?
2062Dost thou think me desperate, Without just cause?
2062Drives me before him, To the world''s ridge, and sweeps me off like rubbish?
2062Enter CHARMION Now, what news, my Charmion?
2062First tell me, were you chosen by my lord?
2062For showing you yourself, Which none else durst have done?
2062Fortune is Caesar''s now; and what am I?
2062Go from all that''s excellent?
2062Good heavens, is this,--is this the man who braves me?
2062Has he courage?
2062Hast thou not seen my morning chambers filled With sceptred slaves, who waited to salute me?
2062Hast thou not still some grudgings of thy fever?
2062Have I then lived to be excused to Caesar?
2062Have comfort, madam: Did you mark that shout?
2062Have you no friend In all his army, who has power to move him?
2062How bears he this last blow?
2062How is it with you?
2062How less pleasing?
2062How shall I plead my cause, when you, my judge, Already have condemned me?
2062How stands the queen affected?
2062How?
2062I am no queen: Is this to be a queen, to be besieged By yon insulting Roman, and to wait Each hour the victor''s chain?
2062I can not go one moment from your sight, And must I go for ever?
2062I find a secret yielding in my soul; But Cleopatra, who would die with me, Must she be left?
2062I, traitor as I was, for love of you( But what can you not do, who made me false?)
2062If a little glittering in discourse has passed them on us for witty men, where was the necessity of undeceiving the world?
2062If bounteous nature, if indulgent Heaven Have given me charms to please the bravest man, Should I not thank them?
2062In the first place, I am to be forsaken; is''t not so?
2062In the meantime, what right can be pretended by these men to attempt innovation in church or state?
2062Is Death no more?
2062Is it for thee to spy upon my soul, And see its inward mourning?
2062Is she fair?
2062Is that a hard request?
2062Is that a word For Antony to use to Cleopatra?
2062Is there one god unsworn to my destruction?
2062Is there yet left A possibility of aid from valour?
2062Is this a meeting?
2062Is this friendly done?
2062Is this so strange?
2062Is''t come to this?
2062Know you his business?
2062Less to yourself, or me?
2062Let me think: What can I say, to save myself from death?
2062Look on her, view her well, and those she brings: Are they all strangers to your eyes?
2062Look on these; Are they not yours?
2062May I believe you love me?
2062More softly.--My farewell?
2062Must I bear this?
2062Must I bid you twice?
2062Must I weep too?
2062My Cleopatra?
2062My joys, my only joys, are centred here: What place have I to go to?
2062My kisses, my embraces now are hers; While I-- But thou hast seen my rival; speak, Does she deserve this blessing?
2062My lord, have I Deserved to be thus used?
2062My lord?
2062My own kingdom?
2062My queen and thou have got the start of me, And I''m the lag of honour.--Gone so soon?
2062No more?
2062No, I''m proud''Tis thus: Would Antony could see me now Think you he would not sigh, though he must leave me?
2062Not Cleopatra?
2062Not see him; say you?
2062Not so?
2062Now thou hast seen me, art thou satisfied?
2062Now, Antony, wouldst thou be born for this?
2062Now, what''s the event?
2062O Dolabella, which way shall I turn?
2062Octavia, I was looking you, my love: What, are your letters ready?
2062Oh, wheel you there?
2062Or am I dead before I knew, and thou The first kind ghost that meets me?
2062Or am I dead?
2062Or are you turned a Dolabella too, And let this fury loose?
2062Or sought you this employment?
2062Pity pleads for Octavia; But does it not plead more for Cleopatra?
2062Respect is for a wife: Am I that thing, That dull, insipid lump, without desires, And without power to give them?
2062Saw you the emperor, Ventidius?
2062Shall I bring The love you bore me for my advocate?
2062Shall I set A man, my equal, in the place of Jove, As he could give me being?
2062Shame of our sex, Dost thou not blush to own those black endearments, That make sin pleasing?
2062She dies for love; but she has known its joys: Gods, is this just, that I, who know no joys, Must die, because she loves?
2062She looked, methought, As she would say-- Take your old man, Octavia; Thank you, I''m better here.-- Well, but what use Make we of this discovery?
2062Should I be ashamed, And not be proud?
2062Should mistresses be left, And not provide against a time of change?
2062Speak; would you have me perish by my stay?
2062Ten years''love, And not a moment lost, but all improved To the utmost joys,--what ages have we lived?
2062That I have lost for you: Or to the Romans?
2062That''s my royal master; And, shall we fight?
2062The aspics, madam?
2062The least unmortgaged hope?
2062The pretty hand in earnest?
2062The queen, where is she?
2062Then art thou innocent, my poor dear love, And art thou dead?
2062Then must we part?
2062Then, Dolabella, where was then thy soul?
2062Then, granting this, What power was theirs, who wrought so hard a temper To honourable terms?
2062Then, we must part?
2062There''s but one way shut up: How came I hither?
2062Therefore you would leave me?
2062They hate me for your sake: Or must I wander The wide world o''er, a helpless, banished woman, Banished for love of you; banished from you?
2062This all- perfect creature?
2062This from a friend?
2062Thou wouldst say, he would not see me?
2062Though I deserved this usage, Was it like you to give it?
2062To frighten our Egyptian boys withal, And train them up, betimes, in fear of priesthood?
2062To place myself beneath the mighty flaw, Thus to be crushed, and pounded into atoms, By its o''erwhelming weight?
2062To stand by my fair fame, and guard the approaches From the ill tongues of men?
2062To what end These ensigns of your pomp and royalty?
2062Unwillingly?
2062Vanquished?
2062Was it for me to prop The ruins of a falling majesty?
2062Was it so hard for you to bear our parting?
2062Was not thy fury quite disarmed with wonder?
2062We''re now alone, in secrecy and silence; And is not this like lovers?
2062Well, Dolabella, you performed my message?
2062Well, I must man it out:--What would the queen?
2062Were there so many hours For your unkindness, and not one for love?
2062What harms it you that Cleopatra''s just?
2062What has my age deserved, that you should think I would abuse your ears with perjury?
2062What hindered me to have led my conquering eagles To fill Octavius''bands?
2062What lethargy has crept into your soul?
2062What means my lord?
2062What means will she refuse, to keep that heart, Where all her joys are placed?
2062What must be done?
2062What secret meaning have you in those words Of-- My farewell?
2062What shall I answer?
2062What shall I do, or whither shall I turn?
2062What tell''st thou me of Egypt?
2062What think''st thou was his answer?
2062What was''t they said?
2062What woman was it, whom you heard and saw So playful with my friend?
2062What''s false, my lord?
2062What, is she poison to you?--a disease?
2062Where have you learnt that answer?
2062Where is my lord?
2062Where left you them?
2062Where shall I find him, where?
2062Where, where''s the queen?
2062Wherein have I offended you, my lord, That I am bid to leave you?
2062Which way?
2062Who am I?
2062Who am I?
2062Who bids my age make way?
2062Who knows, but we may pierce through all their troops, And reach my veterans yet?
2062Who made him cheap at Rome, but Cleopatra?
2062Who made him scorned abroad, but Cleopatra?
2062Who made his children orphans, and poor me A wretched widow?
2062Who made them the trustees, or to speak a little nearer their own language, the keepers of the liberty of England?
2062Who says we must?
2062Who shall guard mine, For living after you?
2062Why did they refuse to march?
2062Why didst thou mock my hopes with promised aids, To double my despair?
2062Why didst thou tempt my anger, by discovery Of what I would not hear?
2062Why do I seek a proof beyond yourself?
2062Why dost thou drive me from myself, to search For foreign aids?--to hunt my memory, And range all o''er a waste and barren place, To find a friend?
2062Why have you brought me back to this loathed being; The abode of falsehood, violated vows, And injured love?
2062Why should a man like this, Who dares not trust his fate for one great action, Be all the care of Heaven?
2062Why should he lord it O''er fourscore thousand men, of whom each one Is braver than himself?
2062Why should they fight indeed, to make her conquer, And make you more a slave?
2062Why shouldst thou make that question?
2062Why stayest thou here?
2062Why then does Antony dream out his hours, And tempts not fortune for a noble day, Which might redeem what Actium lost?
2062Why was I framed with this plain, honest heart, Which knows not to disguise its griefs and weakness, But bears its workings outward to the world?
2062Why would you shift it from yourself on me?
2062Why?
2062Why?
2062Will he be kind?
2062Will you go?
2062Will you then die?
2062Wilt thou forgive my fondness this once more?
2062Wilt thou not live, to speak some good of me?
2062Would a man who has an ill title to an estate, but yet is in possession of it; would he bring it of his own accord, to be tried at Westminster?
2062Would you be taken?
2062Would you believe he loved you?
2062Would you cast off a slave who followed you?
2062Would you indeed?
2062Would you triumph o''er poor Octavia''s virtue?
2062Yes, but he''ll say, you left Octavia for me;-- And, can you blame me to receive that love, Which quitted such desert, for worthless me?
2062Yes; when his end is so, I must join with him; Indeed I must, and yet you must not chide; Why am I else your friend?
2062Yet grant that all the love she boasts were true, Has she not ruined you?
2062Yet may I speak?
2062Yet, are you cold?
2062Yet, is there ary more?
2062Yield me to Caesar''s pride?
2062You plead each other''s cause: What witness have you, That you but meant to raise my jealousy?
2062You will not leave me then?
2062You will not see her?
2062You would be killed like Tully, would you?
2062You would be lost, then?
2062You would free me, And would be dropt at Athens; was''t not so?
2062You''ll remember To whom you stand obliged?
2062and is all perfection Confined to her?
2062and will he not forsake me?
2062concerned too?
2062has nature No secret call, no whisper they are yours?
2062her eunuch there?
2062how could you betray This tender heart, which with an infant fondness Lay lulled betwixt your bosoms, and there slept, Secure of injured faith?
2062might not I Share in your entertainment?
2062or stand they thus neglected, As they are mine?
2062to gain you kingdoms, Which, for a kiss, at your next midnight feast, You''ll sell to her?
2062where is he?
2062where?
2062whither?
2062wouldst thou betray him too?
61712And if I am killed, what will you do?
61712And now?
61712And will you in return, beautiful Cleopatra, swear that you will not try to kill yourself? 61712 Antony is married?"
61712Antony, my beloved, do you not know that I could not live without you? 61712 Are you cold?"
61712Are you homesick? 61712 At least it will be an easy matter to get in?"
61712But Madame, he has known Cleopatra, what other woman could he find to take your place?
61712But are you not above the law?
61712Can you find nothing gentler?
61712Dead?
61712Do n''t you know,answered the steward,"that only at a certain stage is a roast fit to eat?
61712Do you not realize that this is no place for you?
61712Do you really mean it?
61712Do you remember that first evening?
61712Do you think he can ever forgive me?
61712Do you think so?
61712Do you want to see me ruined, humiliated?
61712Even though the hour and place were not especially consecrated to love, was it not permissible to evoke its charming images?
61712Hark, what was that?
61712Have you no longer any faith in our victory?
61712How can this be?
61712How can you deceive yourself so? 61712 How can you understand my difficulties?
61712How did he look? 61712 How do you know that?"
61712How long since you have seen the Imperator?
61712How long will it take to finish that piece of sculpture?
61712How old is she?
61712How shall I divert him?
61712I have cursed you, yes; but hated you, how could I?
61712If I lose what shall I give you?
61712If you feel that way,said Ahenobarbus with the simplicity of a heart accustomed to match deeds with words,"why hesitate?
61712Iras, tell me, what is it?
61712Is it much farther?
61712Is love so mighty then,gasped the old soldier,"that once in its thrall a man has no more power over himself?"
61712Is that on account of their modesty?
61712Is the Queen having a banquet this evening?
61712Of what are you accusing me?
61712Oh, my Imperator, is it because you scorn us, our swords, our lances, that you are putting faith in those rotten planks?
61712Shall I,he muttered,"who have looked on mankind as a vile herd, become by cowardly inertia like unto those I scorn?"
61712These much decried donations to Alexandria, what are they but annexations of Rome? 61712 What amusement can I devise to protect him during this last day from the appeals of Ahenobarbus?"
61712What are you thinking about?
61712What can I do for you?
61712What do you wish? 61712 What does he want?"
61712What does the daughter of Amoun- Ra seek of an insignificant being?
61712What is there to hinder you?
61712What is this tale? 61712 What reason have you for thinking that the Queen has given up her ambition to reign with me in the Capitol at Rome?"
61712What,he cried,"eight wild boars for twelve stomachs?"
61712Where was he then?
61712Why are you beating each other like that?
61712Why are you going so early? 61712 Why have you come to see me?"
61712Why should she disturb you, since we never see her?
61712Why should you suffer thus?
61712Will she be mine at last?
61712You are depressed; what is troubling you?
61712You have been annoyed with me?
61712You know what she advises?
61712You swear it?
61712After all, why should she not be jealous?
61712All that fabulously rich Orient, on which Alexander had built his matchless fame?
61712All these soul- torturing thoughts she put in her next demand:"You want me to die, then?"
61712Am I wrong?
61712And Cleopatra, though fully aware of his feeling, how would she have received an avowal of his love?
61712And Italy?
61712And Persia?
61712And her own position?
61712And how could she combat that Aristocracy that hated her, as she had been able to do when she was sixteen?
61712And if he did, who would he be?
61712And what finer keynote to his character as a man could be found than his loyal submission to his chief, whose glory he never coveted?
61712And what had Octavius offered in exchange?
61712Antony sighed:"What will to- morrow bring forth?"
61712Anxious to divert her from things which by their very charm were depressing, Charmian said gently:"Will you not come now and try to sleep, Madame?
61712Are you blind, my sister, to the infamous way he has treated you?
61712As Egypt is, or will be to- morrow, a Roman province, why is there any discontent?
61712As to succeeding...?
61712Besides, he was remote from cities and consequently not exposed to the temptations of town life; why should she have any fears?
61712Besides, what was the danger?
61712Besides, why should he have any serious suspicions of a woman whose days were passed in futile occupations?
61712Burdened with grave responsibilities, did he have any right to be so absorbed in his love affairs?
61712But Antony was tormented by one ever- recurring doubt: what did Cleopatra really feel in regard to him?
61712But can she protect your power as we, your friends, can?--the defenders of your cause who have left everything to follow your standards?
61712But could he carry it out to a glorious victory?
61712But did not everything in the palace of the Seleucides-- a restoration of the one which had made Sardanapalus famous-- tend to increase this feeling?
61712But how could his compatriots be induced to take arms against him?
61712But how could she reach this great man?
61712But how could such injustice be done to a woman whose birth and rank had placed her near Olympus?
61712But if these insurrectionists should think her deserted, dependent only on her own resources, of what attempt would they not be capable?
61712But if you do not care for my aid and do not want me to wait for you, what will become of me?"
61712But in what form would it come?
61712But what could he say?
61712But what of Antony?
61712But what of that?
61712But what was he to do?
61712But what was her dream?
61712But what were such obstacles to the youthful heroine who had measured the world and found it none too large for her ambitions?
61712But when have love and self- interest been proved irreconcilable?
61712But who was his messenger and what course should she take with him?
61712But who would be the conquerors?
61712But why should they declare themselves defeated when they were not?
61712But why waste time in dreaming of that vanished opportunity which would come to him no more?
61712But would Rome allow him to carry it out?
61712But would he not make her pay for her coquetry?
61712But would the mere personal possession of her have satisfied him?
61712But, as he was to- day, how could he change his habits?
61712But, as wise old Homer has said,"What can be expected of a man who lets himself be the slave of a woman?"
61712But, on the other hand, had he not suffered torment all the days since Fate had separated them?
61712But, though barely seventeen years of age, would any one have called Cleopatra a child?
61712By what means could she secure from his omnipotence that aid which would transform her from a prisoner to a queen?
61712Could it be that he was the saviour whom the god had promised?
61712Could it be true that Cleopatra no longer coveted for him the rank of master of the world?
61712Could not the laws of the universe be altered?
61712Could she always withstand these snares, these threats, these uprisings?
61712Could such a sudden transformation be genuine?
61712Dellius sat near him and reasoned with him:"If you refuse, what will happen?
61712Did he hope to mystify?
61712Did he no longer love her?
61712Did he not remember that the life of all men, especially that of a ruler, is a hard and continuous struggle?
61712Did he regard the Roman provinces merely as stakes to gamble with?
61712Did he still love her?
61712Did he think that he could defy Fate?
61712Did he want to amuse?
61712Did her dream of becoming a world- sovereign in any way lessen her passion?
61712Did she care to see him again?
61712Did she mean to put as future king over the Egyptians one who was not of their own race?
61712Did she not possess the divine gift of fascination which stole men''s reason and made them see everything through her eyes?
61712Did she see the end of that civilization of which she was the fairest representative?
61712Did she think of Antony and realize that in flying she condemned him?
61712Did she understand that the time for the birth of the Messiah was drawing near?
61712Diverted for the moment from Rome as Antony was, entranced by the fascinations of the Orient, of what importance was the guardian of his penates?
61712Do you imagine that love is measured by the worthiness of the beloved?
61712During those days that Cleopatra had spent near the Temple of Temples had this learned pupil of Apollodorus any desire to read the sacred books?
61712Enraged at this accusation of the woman who held his heart as well as his reason in her hands, Antony cried:"What are you saying?
61712Even as she yielded to his irresistible fascination she had the agonized thought:"Why do I still love this man who has put another woman in my place?"
61712Going in, he looked at her without speaking, and she asked:"What is it?
61712Had Antony become a convert to the virtuous life?
61712Had Antony forgotten that he was Triumvir?
61712Had he not been a fool in so obstinately expecting her arrival?
61712Had he, in truth, ceased to be a Roman?
61712Had not an augur predicted that the love affair of Antony and Cleopatra would end in blood?
61712Had she forgotten that her father owed the restoration of his throne to the gracious power of Rome?
61712Had the daylight died, could heaven or earth die?
61712Had the wine gone to his head?
61712Had they regarded it as the true life, and the earthly one merely as a passage leading to it?
61712Harrowed by their insistence, would he be able to resist that reconciliation with Octavius which she knew many of them desired to bring about?
61712Has death frozen the warmest heart that ever throbbed?"
61712Has he forgotten me?"
61712Has he put another woman in my place?"
61712Has she a wonderful expression?
61712Have I offended you in any way?
61712Her kisses were indelibly printed on his forehead; why should she not re- kindle that fire which was probably still smouldering?
61712Her mind leaped to the most terrible thing of all:"Is he dead?
61712His attitude would be courteous, certainly; how otherwise?
61712His heart was softened and he thought:"How can I hurt the most tender of women?"
61712His slave knew his humiliation of grief and said at last:"Will you destroy the life that is so precious to us?"
61712How can I aid this divine flower broken by the storm?"
61712How can I leave them?
61712How can I?"
61712How can we walk?
61712How can you pretend that you no longer love her?"
61712How could he be so brutal?
61712How could he give irrefutable proof of his disinterestedness?
61712How could he have made great decisions?
61712How could he hope to defeat a rival who had not only a formidable army at his back, but wealth and popularity in addition?
61712How could he live without his adored mistress, without her voice, her look?
61712How could he reach her?
61712How could she be sure that Octavia was really a fright?
61712How could she explain her failure to send assistance during the recent war, and that in the face of repeated and urgent demands?
61712How could she imagine that Antony could live when his honour was gone from him?
61712How could she learn what these were?
61712How could she manage so that her lovely features, her fragrant body, should not be marred?
61712How could she suppress this tempest within her?
61712How could the money for this be supplied save by the usual methods of the conqueror in a vanquished country-- an increase of taxation?
61712How could they procure the necessary funds?
61712How far was it wise to bring his mistress amongst such adverse opinions?
61712How get past the iron grating which protected the mausoleum?
61712How had Antony received the news of her death?
61712How reach her level?
61712How should he approach her; what words of greeting should he use?
61712How should she get him back?
61712How was he to save these two treasures?
61712How was she to reach this magic land?
61712How would he have dared do otherwise?
61712How would she fare with Cæsar far away?
61712I must know the real reason for the Triumvir''s desiring my presence; what intentions has he in regard to me?"
61712If Antony entered Rome as victor, what would become of her?
61712If a man serves the gods and his country, what matter with whom he takes his pleasures?"
61712If it were true, as his letters declared, that Cæsar loved her still and was desolate at being so far away from her, why should she not go to him?
61712If the invasion of these barbarians continued, what would become of the present civilization?
61712If this power is lost what will become of all of us?
61712In the meantime what should she do?
61712In the midst of ceremonials, festivals, travels, she was continually asking herself:"What has become of Antony?
61712In the midst of new and varied interests of his own would he still belong to her?
61712In this crisis what was to be done?
61712In this frightful comedy, with a vain knave on one side, and the honour of a Queen on the other, who would win?
61712Is it regret at leaving your family, or your lover?"
61712Is she dark or fair?
61712Just outside the curtain of her room Antony heard the question:"Do you believe he will always love me?"
61712Mariamne used all the wiles of the serpent of Eden; she coaxed, she cajoled:"Do you not see that this woman is a menace to the whole world?
61712May I embrace you before you go?
61712Nominally the war was directed against foreign forces, but who could mistake its import?
61712Of Octavius?
61712Of what are you thinking?"
61712Of what importance were individual interests, or even those of the Republic, in comparison with this overwhelming event?
61712One day she caught at Iras''s hand, as though a sudden fear had come to her:"Can he have ceased to care for me?
61712Or did he in the bottom of his heart feel that if he repulsed Antony''s advances the latter would ally himself with their mutual enemy Sextus Pompey?
61712Or simply because in his heart of hearts old memories of her still lingered?
61712Public opinion was not in favour of his condemnation, but, debased as it was, what means could it take to express its disapproval?
61712Ready to grant everything that he might attain the height of his desire, he asked:"What can I do for you?
61712Ruined, hunted, condemned to flee from the vengeance of Octavius, what remains for us all but exile?"
61712She drew it out, dipped it in the wine and, turning to Antony, said:"Will you drink to our love in this cup?"
61712She recalled the affection that Antony had had for the hideous Fulvia; why should he not care for this new wife who was at least amiable and virtuous?
61712She turned to Charmian:"What does life hold for me now?
61712She whom he believed wholly absorbed in the care of his children?
61712Should he behave like a blackguard to the one who had every right to expect from him the greatest gratitude and consideration?
61712Should he forfeit those for a woman''s caprice?
61712Should he kill himself?
61712Should he slay her?
61712Should he thus discredit his reputation as a genial Proconsul?
61712So soon after leaving her bosom where he had sworn to be faithful to her forever?
61712That after all he had done she bore him no ill will?
61712That she would rather die than submit to his kindly rule?
61712That sister of Octavius, Octavia-- what kind of creature was she?
61712That you will not refuse to accompany me to Rome?"
61712The avenger of Octavia, the representative of the Roman people from whom she had everything to fear?
61712The heavens were ominously dark, the sea was gray and rough, but what matter?
61712The people, that pack of hounds who were devoured with impatience to avenge on the Egyptian all the humiliations she had inflicted on their country?
61712The political necessity which has controlled all my actions?
61712The two hundred thousand volumes from the library of Pergamus, intended to enrich the Roman collection, had they not been shipped to Alexandria?
61712The words were always ringing in his ears:"Why do you stay away?
61712They were meant for gods?
61712This wealth of the Orient, what is it used for?
61712To Greece, Egypt, and Asia Minor, his rightful share as one of the Triumvirate, would he annex Armenia as well?
61712To which party would the Republic belong to- morrow?
61712To whom should he leave his boundless wealth, that vast estate that he owned in Umbria?
61712To- day, alone, criticized on every side, opposed, would she have sufficient strength?
61712Under these conditions was it prudent, even for a few days, to deliver this precious hostage into her hands?
61712Was Antony going to die?
61712Was he a hero or a coward?
61712Was he annoyed at the joke she had played on him?
61712Was he giving up pious ways, did he disregard the laws, was he careless of all that Rome held most sacred?
61712Was he not certain of wearing that imperial crown which Cæsar had barely lifted?
61712Was he not, perhaps, planning some revenge?
61712Was he sad or gay?
61712Was he so faithless to his country that he did not even wish to be buried there?
61712Was he touched by this woman''s gentle plea?
61712Was it a feint, a trap?
61712Was it as a jest that she charged Epaphroditus with the delivery of this letter?
61712Was it love of the great Cæsar that made her so prudent, or the fear of losing his powerful protection?
61712Was it not fitting to give thank- offerings to the gods who had just punished the hateful perpetrators of that deadly crime?
61712Was it possible that she was still thinking of him?
61712Was it possible?
61712Was it true that her thick- set body had no attraction for Antony?
61712Was it true that the Queen had given up in despair?
61712Was it very expensive?"
61712Was not glory as necessary to rulers as bread to the common people?
61712Was not she constantly in danger of some new attempt against her crown on the part of this rebel?
61712Was not this the moment to put her experience to the test, to try with another that fortune which before had played her false?
61712Was not this the surest way to win favour?
61712Was she no longer to be that creature blest of the gods, before whom the elements yielded, like subjects to a queen?
61712Was she thinking of breaking her promise?
61712Was the former worshipper of Venus given over to gaining the affections of the masses?
61712Was the news so horrible?
61712Was there anything to fear in regard to him?
61712Was there no refuge from her torment?
61712Was this daughter of the Lagidæ trifling with him?
61712Was this splendid banquet to turn to vinegar in their mouths?
61712Was this the moment?
61712Was this the result of all her scheming?
61712Was this the son of Bacchus, with such a troubled brow?
61712Was this unexpected and complete change of purpose caprice or inconsistency?
61712What Cæsar could not accomplish, how could this lover bring about?
61712What are three days when we have a lifetime of love before us?"
61712What communication from the oracle did the High Priest have to bring?
61712What comparison can there be between them and your gracious self?"
61712What could be done to save the unfortunate man?
61712What could be done?
61712What could this be?
61712What demon of jealousy possesses you?
61712What did he say to you?
61712What did his promises mean?
61712What did she dread?
61712What did she give him in exchange for her first victory?
61712What do you seek?"
61712What excuse did he have for going first to Egypt?
61712What fate awaited him there?
61712What further proof do you require from me?"
61712What had become of those joyous songs whose golden- winged fancies had cradled his life in the past two years?
61712What had been the trouble?
61712What had happened to him?
61712What had he done?
61712What had she been doing for the past two years?
61712What had she heard?
61712What had she seen there?
61712What had she thought of him that day when, alone together for a moment, he had not been able to resist kissing her exquisite bare shoulder?
61712What help can I give?
61712What hope did she have in those last days?
61712What horrors, what scandals, were yet in store?
61712What if he brought papers giving him the power to question her and demand a reckoning?
61712What if the ambassador were a Roman magistrate?
61712What incomprehensible motive had made the Queen act in this way?
61712What is more convincing than the final tragedy?
61712What is more significant than the degradation of these lovers, overtaken by Fate?
61712What is the colour of her hair?"
61712What man could resist being placed in the ranks of the gods?
61712What matter how many convulsions a dying enemy had?
61712What matter if the world fell, so long as they were together?
61712What message has he sent to me?"
61712What might this news be?
61712What miracle was to happen?
61712What misfortune could be like his?
61712What order, what justice could be expected from people who, although fighting for the same cause, had never ceased to destroy each other?
61712What pinnacle would he leave unscathed?
61712What power, stronger than his will, had brought him there?
61712What remained to- day of that ancient alliance?
61712What right have you to make such an assertion?"
61712What shall we do?
61712What spectacle could justify the enormous expense that had been announced?
61712What temptations assailed that mistress of the art of seduction to try her fatal powers once more?
61712What was she about to do?
61712What was that the soldiers were carrying on a stretcher?
61712What was the use of doubling the sacrifice?
61712What was there to say?
61712What was to be expected if these things continued?
61712What were they gathered together to witness?
61712What will my husband say?"
61712What would Rome say?
61712What would happen if the allies of Pompey, knowing that Cæsar was distracted by a love affair, should mobilize new troops?
61712When Octavius, without any risk whatever, had won the victory, why should he, coward that he was, expose himself to a fatal thrust?
61712Where are they now?
61712Where is he?
61712Where is our loss?"
61712Where is the Queen?"
61712Where would his power end?
61712Where would his power stop?
61712Where would the life of a love- sick satrap lead him?
61712Which of these was the greater villain?
61712Which one should he visit first?
61712Which was most suitable for to- day?
61712Which would be master?
61712Who could tell whether the coming bastard would not be a more worthy heir to the glorious fortunes of the Emperor?
61712Who else would profit by this unholy alliance?
61712Who had gained by this trap save Octavius?
61712Who since early morning had been poking in chests, turning over jewels and trinkets?
61712Who stays by you in adversity?
61712Who would carry on the divine race of the Cæsars?
61712Who would help her to govern her capricious and deceitful people?
61712Who would protect and defend her?
61712Who, seeing this porter walking along the wharf, laden like so many others, would have suspected the mystery hidden in his burden?
61712Why are you here?"
61712Why did not Octavia''s sensitive face, reddening at the vile details, turning away, tortured, disarm this executioner?
61712Why did they not coöperate?
61712Why did you fail us?"
61712Why had she urged him to this battle against the will of all his counsellors?
61712Why had the gods so cruelly put this grain of wheat between two millstones?
61712Why harp on an old grievance?
61712Why have I no word of his return?"
61712Why should the sorrow and tears of this woman whom she had never seen concern her?
61712Why should they not have believed in the success of their incomparable chief?
61712Why should they not have seemed so to the gallant judge, fascinated by the starry light in her wonderful, dark eyes?
61712Why was she so late?
61712Why, above all, had she led this retreat... this flight, which she herself could not understand, so quick and irresistible had been her impulse?
61712Why, with nothing as yet lost, or even compromised, had she given up the battle?
61712Why?
61712With a pity such as a neglected garden inspires he thought,"What is to be done?
61712With all possible consideration, yet with firmness, he would ask:"What part did you take in the war?
61712With him at their head what glory might be theirs?
61712Worn out, disheartened, like a man who has lost all interest in life, Antony asked sadly:"What is it that you wish?
61712Would Antony, this lucky adventurer, succeed in his invasion of Parthia?
61712Would a warrior really come?
61712Would he have the authority to impose her as Queen on his people; she, a foreigner, whom the voices of the gods and the people had alike rejected?
61712Would it have sufficed in place of the social triumphs, interests, and ambitions that bound the Triumvir to Roman life?
61712Would not this be the surest means of attracting him to that city where she needed him to stabilize her power?
61712Would she forgive him?
61712Would she reply?
61712Would their prows sweep around again and return to the battle more fiercely than ever?
61712Would they ever again find time to give themselves up entirely to the joys of love?
61712Would they not protect the child who bore his image?
61712Would those blissful days ever come again, or were they, like yesterday''s flow of water, lost for ever?
61712groaned Octavia,"will you transform me from the happiest woman in the world to the most miserable?"
61712have you ever been faithful to one woman?
61712she cried,"you wish to unwind my arms from about your neck?"
61712that she had no power to charm?