ILL. Antony Goes Off to the Wars. he room in Cleopntra's palace war surprisingly cool for Epi In fact fantaien that thi It was just as well that Cleopatra was in a cooling atmosphere at the moment, as the circumstances which were transpiring were fraught with emotional possibilities. She was. sending Antony off to the wars with her blessing. There was no denying the fact that for-some time past Antony had been restive for more manly pursuits. He had been living in a rather narrow world in Egypt, and his temperament, of course, called for a wider horizon. Cleopatra had been aware of this for some time. Yet, when the moment could no longer be frustrated, she yielded to it gracefully, probably "mowing that this gracefulness would recur: to Antony at some future time to her own credit, Antony was plainly excited. He shouted to Eros who had just entered the chamber in answer to chief's summons, "Her Exos, bri my armour, we are leaving before we expected."
Cleopatra, delicately waving a feather fan, despite the comfortable atmosphere in which she moved, left the chair where she drooped like a wilted flower and moved over to Antony, "Don't be silly," she said, "Why do you have to leave before you expected, except that you ordered it to be done. Why not -try and get a little rest and leave in the cool of the evening instead of the heat of the day?"
Antony mopped his brow.
"Four nights of conferences and carousals are enough to ineapueitate Jove himself," Cleopatra continued. "Why not got a little rest this atter~ noon and start out when the wind rises.
"The carousals were what did the damage, my dear, although I am not really prepared' to say there was any damage done. Only I wish your friends hadn't felt called on to give me such a send-off.
"Well." said Cleopatra, "they intended in as a kindness, so. the east you can do is to appear grateful, However, I insist upon your waiting, for your officers' sake, if not for your own. This is no time of day for soldiers to start off for 'a major battle."
"Nonsense my queen" replied: Antony with a motion as if to start getting into his armour. "This is woman's talk, not the talk of an old warrior. "You forget that I am no beardless youth at this war game."
Cleopatra moved away slowly fonning herself. "Antony, I'm con-vineed that you can't fight half as Wall inside that boiler factory as you might if you wore our light Ezyptjan armour, I do wish you'd try it sometime. Why rivet" yourself up in this fashion?"
"My love," said Antony 2s Eros jerked the last buckle into place. you are altogether charming and, what is more, the most rational woman I have ever known, but you understand nothing about' the profession of arms."
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