There I first realized what I had done.

I had hoped to aid in crushing the hated foe, and now perhaps it was I who had built for him the bridge to victory, to sovereignty, to our destruction.

Pursued by such thoughts, as if by the Furies, I paced restlessly to and fro.
"Suddenly I heard a loud noise on deck.

A crashing blow seemed to shake the huge ship.

We were pursued! A Roman galley had boarded mine! This was my thought as I grasped the dagger Antony had given me.
"But Charmian came back with tidings which seemed scarcely less terrible than the baseless fear.