All the officers of government, also, in the Alexandrian court had turned against her, because they had supposed that they could control her brother more easily if she were away.

Thus she had always been surrounded by selfish, mercenary, and implacable foes.

Now, for the first time, she seemed to have a friend.

A protector had suddenly arisen to support and defend her,--a man of very alluring person and manners, of a very noble and generous spirit, and of the very highest station.

He loved her, and she could not refrain from loving him in return.