Perhaps the fair Barine will voluntarily confess everything, and even add how she managed to ensnare the amiable son of the greatest of men, and the most admirable of mothers, the young King Caesarion." Cleopatra's eyes flashed more brightly, and she angrily exclaimed: "I found the boy just now as though he were possessed by demons.

He was ready to tear the bandage from his wound, if he were refused the woman whom he loved.

A magic potion was the first thought, and his tutor of course attributes everything to magic arts.

Charmian, on the contrary, declares that his visits annoyed and even alarmed Barine.

Nothing except a rigid investigation can throw light upon this subject.