Gorgias, too, was permitted to kiss her robe, which stirred his blood afresh.

He would fain have flung himself at the feet of this marvellous woman and, with his services, place his life at her disposal.

And Cleopatra noticed the enthusiastic ardour of his glance.
He, too, had been mentioned in the list of Barine's admirers.

There must be something unusual about this woman! But could she have fired a body of grave men in behalf of a great, almost impossible deed, roused them to such enthusiastic admiration as she, the vanquished, menaced Queen?
Certainly not.
She felt in the right mood to confront Barine as judge and rival.
In the midst of the deepest misery she had spent one happy hour.

She had again felt, with joyous pride, that her intellect, fresh and unclouded, would be capable of outstripping the best powers, and in truth she needed no magic goblet to win hearts..