'X.—The Knell Rings and Its Echo Sounds in Egypt eflenputra id not the leat to be called "ertrao Enjoyed "12 ena tek he woed Antony, Te fuch, he rather jed another and altogether ezaepermtingt figerent tutoriation for the jrd that ake wes offended.
The ejaculation had escaped the Roman as he stood at the entrance of the great assembly room. of the Egyptian court, Cleopatra and he entered together. "You are extraordinary, Egypt," he said, and it was with Antony the equivalent of expressing the fact that she was! a marvellous Egyptian deity, woman without peer, altogether wonderful an charming. In other words, she was extraordinary.
'The' scene which met the eyes of] Antony was sufficient to warrant] his exclamation, The interior of the Egyptian throne-room had been transformed with a. jangle-like mingnifivence. Even the great pas ricians at Rome had never, as far ashe remembered, excelled in splendour and ingenuity the scene before him.
Black and white vultures, birds which had always rather fascinated Antony, were perched on cool, moist! branches of a tropical forest which! spread away from a central lake, A. gay pavilion, alrendy filled with guests, floated on the lake, Golden! plovers, glossy ibis, flamingo and the dazzling sun-bird roved about the cool recesses of the forest and lingered at the water's edge. A thousand lizards, with their fai comating colouring, van abou! atoms of vitality unceasing in move merit, Papyrus, and water-lil and the white and crimson lotus of the Nile flecked the surface of the Take, A small bridge connected the; forest with the pavilion, Beyond, with an ingenuity known only to had been justment and, crowded market places which had preceded all this, of the ardour and spirit of the mob, who but short while ago had idolized Mark' Antony.
The Emergency Saurus thought of Antony as he had Inst seen and shragged his shoulders at the half-formed dea of breaking the news to him now.
He felt a sudden revulsion' of feeling towaril Cleopatra. The woman had betrayed Anton; Yet she was obviously the only one capable at the moment of handling the a She would have to get Antony ut of that barbaric, (Egyptian hoipoiloi and sober him up 8 bit to meet this situation.
Saurus returned to the pavilion and sought out the queen. I managed to reach her side and say, messenger from Rome brought the news of prepar us for war against Antony by Lepidus and Caesar," and he was rewarded blank Took from. Cleopatra, Well"
abe aa, "i's no nae bothering hima the messenger looked after and give Antony the scroll morning.
Saurus turned on his hee! without another word, "Gods, he thought, What " woman!
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